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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Re-Mapping the Fraud and Abuse Landscape: Understanding Proposed Reforms - February 13th, 1:00 pm ET

What larger healthcare goals are fueling the proposed revisions to AKS and Stark? What safe harbors and exceptions are introduced in the proposed rules? And what would the potentially transformational changes mean for...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Proposed Cybersecurity and EHR Donation Rules

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simultaneously released a set of proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that, among other...more

BakerHostetler

Two Rules Both Alike in Dignity: CMS and ONC Release Proposed Rules to Advance Interoperability

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On Feb. 11, 2019, two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

HIPAA in the Time of Ebola

Ebola has recently been the source of much concern, and health care providers and hospitals are taking steps to prepare themselves for the possibility of treating patients with Ebola. In addition to all of the medical...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Ebola or Not, Patient Privacy Must Be Protected: Office for Civil Rights Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Requirements in Emergency...

In the wake of the recent Ebola cases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new bulletin reminding HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates that the...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Federal Advisory Group Considers Patient Data Standards

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This week, the Privacy and Security Workgroup within the Health IT Policy Committee was tasked by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to discuss certain patient data protections. Specifically, they were...more

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Company Claims “HIPAA Has No Teeth”, Will Start Notifying Affected Individuals of Security Breaches and Vulnerabilities that Have...

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A company named SLC Security, LLC (“SLC”), recently announced that it will begin notifying individuals if it believes it has identified a security breach or vulnerability of a company and it has not received a satisfactory...more

King & Spalding

OIG Report Takes Issue With Oversight of Security Controls for Electronic Health Records

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HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report concluding that the entity responsible for overseeing the testing and certification process for electronic health records (EHRs) did not fully ensure that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposed modifications to EHR Incentive Programs

Last year, HHS revised policies and definitions surrounding what constitutes certified EHR technology—required for meaningful use incentive program payment eligibility—from the 2011 Edition criteria to the 2014 Edition...more

Cozen O'Connor

Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices = Nearly $2 Million in Settlements

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled for the collective amount of $1,975,220 with Concentra Health Services (Concentra) and QCA Health Plan, Inc. (QCA). The settlements stem...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Regulatory double jeopardy? FTC enforcement of privacy and security in healthcare

How should health care companies strengthen their HIPAA compliance programs to manage the risk of a potential FTC investigation? While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...more

BakerHostetler

HHS OCR Settles Post-Data Breach Investigation for Record $4.8M

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On May 7, 2014, HHS OCR announced a pair of resolution agreements with New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University (CU) totaling $4.8 million dollars—the highest settlement amount to date. These resolution...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

We have seen this movie before ….. and we all should know that it does not end well.

How much is the cost of doing nothing when it comes to encryption of sensitive data? In the case of electronic protected health information, about $2 million. Two companies have been hit with fines equaling a total...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

OCR Releases Information on What Phase 2 HIPAA Audits Will Look Like

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently presented information about the new look of its Phase 2 audit program. The new audits will look little like the old ones, with OCR conducting the audits itself and focusing on...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

HHS Settlement: Reminder That HIPAA Applies To Local Governments Big And Small

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS) recently announced that it had reached an agreement with Skagit County, Washington to settle potential HIPAA violations involving the County...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Department Of Health And Human Services Office Of Inspector General's FY 2014 Work Plan Identifies Security Of EHR Technology As...

On January 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") released its annual work plan. Not surprisingly, issues relating to Electronic Health Records ("EHRs")...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Extension of and Modification to Regulatory Protections for Donated EHR

In the December 27, 2013 edition of the Federal Register, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), both within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”),...more

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