The HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a notice in the Federal Register regarding its Enforcement Discretion (84 Fed. Reg. 18151) on April 30, 2019. HHS announced that HHS will now apply a different cumulative annual...more
5/15/2019
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Data Breach ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
HITECH Act ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI
Health care organizations’ lack of compliance with the data privacy and security requirements of both state laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy, Security and Breach Notification...more
1/3/2019
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Hospital Mergers ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Privacy Rule
Under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act), the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary is mandated to have promulgated regulations by Dec. 13, 2017 that, among other requirements, prohibit “information blocking” as a...more