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Quarles & Brady LLP

Never Say Never Again: HHS Signals the Return of HIPAA Audit Program

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On February 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice in the Federal Register regarding reinstatement of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Today - January 2023. Now is the time to prepare for changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

According to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, final action on the proposed rules—published in the Federal Register—to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule is scheduled to occur in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 43. Proposed Part 2 Rule Brings It Closer to HIPAA, Including Enforcement,...

A proposed HHS regulation on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records under 42 C.F.R. Part 2 would bring it further in line with HIPAA, which is somewhat of a double-edged sword, attorneys say....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Harmonization is Here: What FDA’s Proposed Human Subject Protection Rules Mean for You

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On September 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two Notices of Proposed Rule Making that would harmonize the FDA’s human subject protection regulations with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Health And Human Services Extends Comment Deadline For Proposed Rule On HIPAA Privacy To May 6, 2021

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You may recall on December 10, 2020 we wrote about the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announcement of a proposed rule that would revise the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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New Proposed EEOC Regulations Pose Potential Hurdles On Common Wellness Incentives - UPDATED February 2021

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On January 7, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed wellness program rules. If the proposed rules become effective, they will significantly restrict the ability of employers to provide incentives...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

What's In Those Proposed Wellness Regs?

Some Q and A. Last week (while I was on vacay), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued proposed regulations on wellness programs and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information...more

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EEOC Provides Proposed Wellness Rules for Review

NPRMs Will be Published in the Federal Register for Public Comment - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) today forwarded to the Federal Register its Notices of Proposed Rulemakings...more

Vedder Price

HIPAA Civil Penalty Annual Limits Plummet

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Recognizing that different levels of culpability warrant different annual civil penalty limits, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted a notification April 23, 2019, to be published in the Federal Register April...more

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OCR Seeks HIPAA Comments on Coordinated Care

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Request for Information, which is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Dec. 14, 2018. OCR is asking the public to provide...more

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Gun Control and HIPAA

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In the wake of recent gun violence and in a concerted effort to protect public safety, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule published in the Federal Register January 6, 2016, that modifies...more

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