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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 11. MD Anderson Won Against OCR, But Agency’s Response—Including on Fines—Keeps...

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 11. (November 2022) Nearly five years passed from the time the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that three...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2019 Year in Review: Notable Changes in Law, Policy, and Enforcement of HIPAA

According to a December 20, 2019 Report by HIPAA Journal, nearly 39 million health care data breaches had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) by the end...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: HIPAA Enforcement Discretion, Disputes, and Data

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a notice of enforcement discretion announcing changes in how the agency will assess civil monetary penalties for violations of the Health Insurance...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Elements of the New “Omnibus” HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations

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On January 18, 2013, nearly four years after the passage of the HITECH Act and its amendments to HIPAA, and nearly three years after it proposed regulatory amendments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”)...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

HITECH Omnibus Rule Basics

As we pore through the 562-page HITECH Omnibus Rule released by the Department of Health and Services late yesterday afternoon, here are some top line bullet points...more

Cozen O'Connor

HIPAA Enforcement – The Gathering Storm Has Arrived

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Since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules became effective in April 2003, there has been minimal enforcement activity by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office...more

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