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
Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Background: The HIPAA Privacy Rule governs the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (“PHI”). Prior to the HITECH Act, the Privacy Rule only applied to Covered Entities...more
2/1/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection Decedent Protection GINA HHS HIPAA HITECH Marketing PHI Privacy Policy
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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