Deadline for reporting breaches is March 1

The deadline for submitting notification to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of any 2009 breaches of unsecured protected health information is March 1.

In the Jan. 18 print ADA News, the deadline was listed incorrectly in a story on Page 7.

The notification to HHS should include any breaches of unsecured protected health information between Sept. 23, 2009鈥攚hen the Breach Notification Rule went into effect鈥攁nd Dec. 31, 2009. For more information about submitting breaches, visit www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/breachnotificationrule/brinstruction.html.

The ADA News regrets the error.