On March 21, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the launch of the long-awaited Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program (Phase 2), and OCR activities related to Phase 2 are already...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), released a bulletin last week addressing how covered entities (including certain health care providers and employer group health...more
In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH") modified a number of provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") to strengthen HIPAA's privacy and...more