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HIPAA’S FINAL RULE: Putting Things in Perspective – Comments from OCR

by Patricia Shea | K&L Gates LLP on 4/2/2013

On March 22, 2013, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) Director Leon Rodriguez presented the keynote address to attendees of the American Health Lawyers’ Association HIPAA/HITECH Conference in...more

Legal Alert: Final HIPAA Regulations Released: Time To Review Your HIPAA Policies?

by Tiffany D. Downs, Isabella P. Lee, Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 2/19/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") recently released long-awaited final HIPAA Regulations. The new regulations finalize many changes previously proposed to the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules,...more

Hospitals And Fraud Enforcement

by Michael Volkov on 2/19/2013

The HHS Office of Inspector General has targeted hospitals for fraud enforcement. It is one of the OIG’s most important initiatives because of the impact it could have on reducing health care costs....more

The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability — A Detailed Review

by Alden J. Bianchi, Dianne Bourque, Kimberly J. Gold, Cynthia Larose | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 2/18/2013

As we have reported in this blog, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released final regulations containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and...more

No Harm, No Foul, No More—New HIPAA “Breach” Standards Seek To Provide Consistency, Objectivity

by Aimee Dreiss, Timothy J. Stanton | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2013

Beginning this fall, employer health plans—or their business associates—will have to make more comprehensive and methodical risk assessments following the discovery of an impermissible use or disclosure of unsecured...more

Health Law Update - What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements

by Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/29/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued, on January 17, 2013, its final omnibus rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security rules as well...more

What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements (Part I)

by Theodore Kobus III | BakerHostetler on 1/22/2013

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued, on January 17, 2013, its Final Omnibus Rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules as well as...more

HHS Releases HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule

by Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch | Morgan Lewis on 1/21/2013

Rule finalizes many provisions of the proposed rule, imposing new privacy and security obligations directly on business associates and modifying the definition of "breach" and the required factors to be considered in a risk...more

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