On Wednesday August 19, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and
Human Services (the “OCR”) posted a copy of its Interim Final Rule for Breach
Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (the “Interim Rule”),
implementing Section 13402 of the HITECH Act (the “Act”). Publication in the Federal
Register is expected on Monday August 24.1 As an Interim Final Rule, there is a sixty
day comment period after publication in the Federal Register. Comments may result in
further changes or clarifications. Ober|Kaler's James B. Wieland presents a summary.
Please see full publication below for more information.
