On November 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed sweeping changes to the rules that govern use and disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) about patients receiving substance...more
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Cloud-based service providers (CSPs), like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, offer online access to shared computing resources. As such, they have developed a “shared responsibility model” for how CSPs and companies...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced that it has activated Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program. OCR’s new Phase 2 will focus on reviewing the policies and procedures of...more