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Sources

• CDC: HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/m2e411a1.htm
• CMS: What HIPAA Does and Does Not Do. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HealthInsReformforConsume/02_WhatHIPAADoesandDoesNotDo.asp#TopOfPage
• HIPAAdivsory: HIPAA Primer. http://www.hipaadvisory.com/REGS/HIPAAprimer.htm
• US Department of Labor: HIPAA Fact Sheet. http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/fshipaa.html