Are you a health care provider, business associate, or other entity subject to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regarding the use and disclosure of protected health...more
On April 17, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Proposed Rule to support reproductive health care privacy in the Federal Register. Through the...more
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and the evolving legal patchwork now confronting both patients accessing reproductive health care and their health care providers,...more
Health care providers should take heed of the $10,000 settlement announced on October 2, 2019 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and a small dental practice based on...more
11/20/2019
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October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month and, as its parting gift, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health...more
On November 22, 2016, the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) agreed to pay $650,000 and enter into a corrective action plan to settle allegations that it violated the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules in connection...more
On March 21, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) formally announced the start of its 2016 Phase 2 Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act (HIPAA) Audit Program. Unlike Phase 1, in which OCR's 2012 pilot program...more
The title of this alert, which comes straight from the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) announcement of its most recent settlement, again underscores the critical need for covered...more
On August 18, 2014, Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) publicly confirmed, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CHS filing), that its computer network was attacked between April and June 2014 by hackers...more
8/21/2014
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