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OCR Issues Guidance to Assist Health Care Providers in the Age of the Coronavirus

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As a result of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued several pieces of guidance to help HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to best address how patient information...more

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HIPAA Privacy Waivers for Hospitals Operating under Disaster Protocol

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On March 13, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a series of limited waivers related to the HIPAA Privacy rule in response to the declaration of a national emergency related to the 2019 Novel...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New HIPAA Waivers for Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Emergency

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This post provides an update on a number of HIPAA waivers that have just been made available to health care providers: (1) Waivers for hospitals in the initial 72 hours of enacting a disaster protocol; and (2) Waivers for all...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

COVID-19 and Patient Information Disclosure and Reporting

Federal health care privacy laws, most notably privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), permit covered entities to disclose information concerning COVID-19...more

Morgan Lewis

Responding to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Guidance for US Employers

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The outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has created a number of questions and compliance challenges for employers in the United States as well as across the globe. This is a fluid and rapidly changing...more

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New HHS Cybersecurity Preparedness Checklist

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a checklist to guide HIPAA-covered entities and business associates through an appropriate response to a ransomware or cybersecurity...more

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HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations

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In light of the Ebola outbreak and other events, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, released a bulletin to ensure HIPAA covered entities are aware of the ways in which patient...more

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