On March 17, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the enforcement agency for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), published a Notice...more
3/19/2020
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Last week the Department of Health & Human Services ("HHS") issued a proposed rule amending the safe harbor regulations promulgated under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. ยง 1320a-7b(b). The proposed rule would...more
If you are a "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") and suffer a breach of protected health information, one of your first reactions should be to count the number of affected...more
Nearly two years after the first anticipated publication date, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has finally published the "Omnibus" Final Rule implementing many changes to HIPAA called for by the...more
1/23/2013
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