[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9356-9357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-752]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation 
Commission

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 18, 2008, pursuant to 
Section

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6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et. seq. (``the Act''), Electronic Healthcare Network 
Accreditation Commission (``EHNAC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development 
activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, EHNAC has 
expanded the scope of its standard setting activities in two new areas 
by initiating beta testing of two new accreditation programs i.e., one 
accreditation program to assure compliance with the security and 
privacy controls and procedures of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 for those entities that create, send 
and receive electronic transcription and coding information, which in 
many cases includes protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA; and 
the other accreditation program for Third Party Administrators and 
Medical Billers that electronically receive and process administrative 
and clinical data from providers, payers and employers regarding 
claims, eligibility and payment information, which data contains PHI 
and must comply with HIPAA regulations regarding privacy and security 
in addition to technical and infrastructure along with resource 
requirements.
    On March 8, 2005, EHNAC filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on May 12, 
2005 (70 FR 25110).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 08-752 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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