In 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced eighteen settlement agreements to resolve allegations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations....more
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), individuals have the right, with some limited exceptions, to access their protected health information (PHI) maintained in a designated record set by a...more
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a penalty imposed by the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) on the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”). The Court’s...more
Throughout 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced seven settlement agreements and one civil monetary penalty to resolve allegations of Health Insurance Portability and...more
With respect to enforcement, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced two Settlement Agreements to resolve allegations of HIPAA violations between May and October of 2017. Neither...more
In recent months, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced four settlement agreements and one civil monetary penalty to resolve allegations of Health Insurance Portability and...more