Changes to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule - Background: The HITECH Act required Covered Entities to notify individuals, HHS, and in some cases, the media, of a Breach of Unsecured PHI. A Business Associate is...more
2/7/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH Notice Requirements OCR PHI Risk Assessment
Background: GINA prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s genetic information in both the employment and health coverage contexts. In 2009, HHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen the privacy...more
2/6/2013 - Discrimination GINA HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH PHI
Yesterday, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (the "Final...more
1/21/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule Notice Requirements OCR PHI
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