On February 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its annual reports to Congress detailing its actions to enforce the privacy, security, and breach notification...more
5/9/2024
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Covered Entities ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws
A final rule published on July 3, 2023, empowers the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to impose civil monetary penalties (CMP) of up to $1 million for unlawful acts of...more
8/4/2023
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
ONC
Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020.
The Order temporarily expands the...more
4/14/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Emergency Response ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Waivers