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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 5, June 2024

We are pleased to announce that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers and Partners annually...more

Alston & Bird

HHS Final Rule Brings Sweeping, Complex Changes for Substance Use Records

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A new HHS Final Rule overhauls the federal Part 2 regulations on the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) records. Our Heath Care Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Groups unpack how the changes will...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

LEAP, Don't Run, to Make this YEAR's Deadline: HIPAA Small Breach Notifications Due February 29

February 29, 2024, is the date by which HIPAA-covered entities must notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of all "small" breaches of unsecured protected health information that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Annual Breach Notification Deadline to OCR Looming

HIPAA requires that covered entities notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any breaches of unsecured protected health information that affects less than 500 individuals in a calendar year within 60 days following the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Protecting Health Information Post Roe Part 1: Steps for Women

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, much has been written about how existing privacy laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), are...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Reporting of Breaches Under 500 Due by March 1

HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to report to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) all breaches of unsecured protected health information when the incident involves fewer than 500 individuals no later than...more

Holland & Knight LLP

COVID-19 Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education

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The fluid and fast-changing impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has left institutions of higher education (IHEs) scrambling to address unexpected legal issues. This guidance addresses some of their more frequently asked...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yearly Data Breach Reporting Due to OCR by February 29

Every year, we remind our readers that the HIPAA data breach notification regulations require covered entities to notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any reportable data breaches that involved fewer than 500...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

HIPAA: Failure to Report Breach Costs Hospital $2.175 Million

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One health system recently learned the cost of relying too heavily on the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule’s “low probability of compromise” standard when it failed to notify all affected individuals and report the HIPAA breach...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OCR Breach Reporting: 2018 “Small Breach” Report Due Friday, March 1st - Healthcare Alert

Don’t forget that the required end-of-the-year reporting of any small breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) that were discovered in 2018 is coming up. Under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Ruder Ware

When Does a HIPAA Breach Exist?

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Conducting HIPAA Breach Risk Assessments - The HIPAA rules relating to assessment of potential patient confidentiality breaches were changed in 2013. Specifically, on January 17, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights released...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

REMINDER: February Deadline for HIPAA Breach Reporting

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With the New Year underway, the deadline is quickly approaching for HIPAA covered entities to file their annual breach reports with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”)....more

Burr & Forman

TortSource: Ransomware: A Reportable Breach?

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In the past several years, a huge increase has occurred in the number of electronic attacks in the United States using ransomware, a form of malware that targets and encrypts critical data and systems for the purpose of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

February 2016: The Month of Groundhog Day, Super Bowl 50, Valentine’s Day … and HIPAA Breach Notifications

Feb. 29, 2016, a/k/a Leap Day, is the date by which HIPAA covered entities must notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of “small” breaches of unsecured protected health...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Deadline for reporting 2015 data breaches to OCR quickly approaching

Pursuant to HIPAA/HITECH, covered entities are required to report breaches of unsecured protected health information that occurred in 2015 and affected less than 500 individuals to the Office for Civil Rights no later than 60...more

Baker Donelson

Deadline Approaching to Report Certain HIPAA Breaches to Federal Officials

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The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires covered entities to notify the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) if a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI) is discovered. As most...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Five Ways to Reduce Your HIPAA Liability

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As of early December 2014, 1,170 security breaches under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) involving 31 million records had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

BakerHostetler

Reminder Annual OCR Breach Reporting is Due March 1, 2013

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The breach notification interim final rule requires covered entities to submit to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notice of breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) (45 C.F.R. 164.408) by March 1, 2013....more

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