On March 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced that the public comment period for the HIPAA proposed privacy rule would be extended until May 6, 2021. The rulemaking was...more
Today, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was posted for public inspection on the Federal Register website. The rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on...more
As COVID-19 continues to spread, health care providers, health plans and employers are facing difficult privacy questions as they attempt to balance privacy concerns against the need to protect patients, employees and...more
3/27/2020
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