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To BAA or Not to BAA: Must You Have One?

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HIPAA applies to both covered entities (e.g., healthcare providers and health plans) and their business associates. A “business associate” is generally a person or entity that “creates, receives, maintains or transmits”...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: June 2023

Privacy Briefs: June 2023 - Long-term care pharmacy network PharMerica disclosed a breach involving more than 5.8 million patients, making it the largest breach reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the last...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

MedEvolve OCR Settlement for $350,000 due to Alleged Failures to Protect Data

On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with MedEvolve, Inc. for $350,000. MedEvolve provides practice and revenue cycle management and practice...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

HIPAA Covered Entities And Business Associates Need An IT Asset Inventory List, OCR Recommends

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Last week, in its Cybersecurity Summer Newsletter, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published best practices for creating an IT asset inventory list to assist healthcare providers and business associates in understanding...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2017"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss how the prospect of a new chair and three new commissioners at the FTC may impact the agency's approach to cybersecurity regulation, a new Massachusetts...more

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