On May 3, 2010, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published a Request for Information (RFI) on HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures under the Health Information Technology Act. The OCR is reaching out to the community experts and stakeholders to obtain more information based on experiences to help OCR better understand the interests of individuals with respect to learning of such disclosures, the administrative burden on covered entities and business associates of accounting for such disclosures, and other information that may inform the Department's rulemaking in this area. The KHIMA believes that the proposed rule will create a significant burden on Health Information Management departments of all covered entities including hospitals, clinics, long term care facilities and physician practices. We would like to encourage our members to take an active role and submit your comments to the department of HHS prior to the May 18, 2010 deadline. To help you, we've posted the Federal Register and a form that you can use to capture your response here. The directions for submitting these comments to HHS are contained in the 3rd column of the Federal Register Document. Please take this opportunity to make HIM voices heard in Washington! Sincerely, Linda Kamer, RHIA President, KHIMA