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Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions
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In the inaugural episode of HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen, health care attorneys Rebecca Ivey and Nathan Kottkamp describe major HIPAA exceptions and what employers can do with COVID health information. They also discuss...more
Data is a critical and invaluable asset of all companies. Data privacy and security concerns affect every company, industry, and consumer. Despite this, an astonishing amount of misinformation surrounding data privacy,...more
Earlier this fall, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance to help the public understand when a business or employer can request information on an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status without violating the HIPAA...more
With COVID-19, employers are receiving and processing an ever-increasing amount of their employees' confidential health information. From COVID-19 test results to vaccination status, many employers are routinely collecting...more
“Are you fully vaccinated?” This seems to have become a million-dollar question that employers want to pose to their workers, but confusion abounds regarding the legal contours of this deceptively dangerous question. Many...more
The Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), which is the federal agency that enforces the health care privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), recently published guidance covering various...more
“The guidance reminds the public that the HIPAA Privacy Rule does not apply to employers or employment records.” On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights...more
As employees return to the workplace, an increasing number of employers are asking their workers to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations. This has led to many questions and concerns about whether such a practice is...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued guidance regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) privacy rule (the “Privacy Rule”) in the...more
Since the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year, we have often fielded questions from business owners as to whether asking customers, clients, and employees about their vaccination status is in violation of...more
HIPAA privacy rules do not prevent employers and businesses from asking employees and visitors about their COVID-19 vaccination status, the government recently reiterated. In guidance issued on September 30, 2021, the U.S....more
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on the applicability of HIPAA to COVID-19 vaccination information, directly addressing a number of misconceptions about when HIPAA does, or does not,...more
On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)issued guidance to help the public understand when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more
Does HIPAA prevent businesses from asking whether customers or clients are vaccinated? (No). Does HIPAA prevent an employer from requiring an employee to disclose vaccination status? (No). Does HIPAA prohibit doctors from...more
When use or disclosure of an individual’s health information or medical records is at issue, the assumption seems to be, much more often than not, that the HIPAA privacy and security rules apply. This has certainly been the...more
Given the COVID-19 vaccine mandates, employers—including healthcare entities—will need to confirm their employees’ vaccination status. Employers and healthcare providers must ensure they comply with privacy rules relating to...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many novel challenges and questions for employers, from administration of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) leave to managing performance of remote workers. For healthcare...more
On February 24, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) announced that it will not impose penalties against covered entities or their business associates that use online...more
On January 19, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion (Notice) announcing that it will not impose penalties for...more