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The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s September 19 Threat Briefing on Healthcare Technology Security

As healthcare technology continues to evolve, so does the need for robust compliance strategies to safeguard patient information and ensure the integrity of medical devices. In a joint September 19, 2024 presentation, the...more

Massachusetts Attorney General Announces Breach Resources for Consumers Impacted by Change Healthcare Breach

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) issued an announcement last week to inform consumers who may have had their personal information breached in Change Healthcare’s cyberattack this past February. The AGO was...more

FTC's Updated Health Data Breach Rule Covers Apps, Other New Tech

The FTC has updated its HBNR to clarify that the rule also restricts marketing practices involving personal health information. This update to the HBNR was announced on April 26, 2024, and follows several recent enforcement...more

Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means the Beginning of the End for HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement...

The Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act during the...more

HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Bulletin on Requirements under HIPAA for Online Tracking Technologies to Protect the Privacy...

On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)...more

HHS OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, and the Workplace

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

New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law

Halloween or HIPAA: Which is Scarier? HIPAA and the Pandemic - Telehealth: - On Friday, March 20, 2020, OCR announced it will “exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with...more

HIPAA Business Associate Pays $2.3 Million to Settle Breach Affecting Protected Health Information of Over 6 Million Individuals

With apologies to John Donne, ask not for whom the bells tolls, HIPAA business associates, it tolls for thee! While it has been the law for some time that business associates could be held directly liable for breaches,...more

COVID-19 and HIPAA: OCR Guidance on Disclosures to Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Public Health Authorities

On March 24, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance on how HIPAA covered entities may disclose protected health information (PHI) about an individual who has...more

Updated Joint Federal Guidance on Privacy for Student Education and Health Records

For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) have released updated joint guidance addressing the...more

New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law - MaHIMA Dot Wagg Memorial Legislative Seminar - November...

Physicians Talking With Their Domestic Partners About Patients - ? Health care institutions often require that physicians and medical students click through annual online modules or attend lectures about HIPAA. - But...more

More on HIPAA Audits for 2016 and 2017–Desk Audits and On-Site Audits

As part of the ongoing HHS OCR HIPAA audit initiative, it is conducting “HIPAA desk audits.” These audits don’t involve auditors coming in your facility. Instead, covered entities are being asked to submit documents on...more

Bad News for HIPAA Business Associates: HHS OCR Announces $650,000 Settlement for BA Breach

Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (“CHCS”), a HIPAA business associate, has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) $650,000 in connection with a...more

HIPAA Compliant Technology and the Importance of Encryption

We welcome this guest blog by Gene Fry, Compliance Officer, Scrypt, Inc. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data. This means that any...more

Key Elements of the New “Omnibus” HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations

On January 18, 2013, nearly four years after the passage of the HITECH Act and its amendments to HIPAA, and nearly three years after it proposed regulatory amendments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”)...more

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