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OCR Targets Three Dentists in New Enforcement Actions; Nixes Political Use of PHI, Review Backlash

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 4 (April, 2022) - By many measures, David Northcutt’s unsuccessful 2018 bid for the Alabama senate was a costly one. Northcutt, a dentist, loaned his campaign $73,000 throughout the...more

Butler Snow LLP

Privacy Versus Pandemic: Must HIPAA Yield to a Public Health Emergency?

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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic visited on America in the past several months has quickly reinvigorated the foundational and important debate concerning where, in a free society, individual autonomy ends (or should end) and...more

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Deal Breaker – Cyber Security Risk in Health Care Transactions

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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

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HHS Seeking Input on HIPAA Changes

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding how the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules could be modified to reduce regulatory burdens and to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Broadband Privacy Rules Published, FCC Stakes Out Role as Privacy Cop

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On December 2, 2016, the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Report and Order (“Order”) was published in the Federal Register, triggering the 30-day deadline for petitions for reconsideration, and the effective dates for certain new...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Data Security and Breach Notification Requirements of New FCC Privacy Order May Present Immediate Implementation Challenges for...

As ISPs continue to absorb the scope of the FCC’s recent Privacy Order (the “Order”), one immediate question presents itself: what steps must ISPs take to begin implementing the data security and breach notification...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

What You Need to Know about the New Broadband Privacy Regulations

As we previewed last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new privacy rules that govern Internet service providers’ (ISPs) handling of broadband customer information. Though the Wireline Competition...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Privacy Regulation Regime Change: Bad or Good for ISPs?

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is on the verge of proposing new federal privacy regulations for internet broadband service providers (“ISPs”). ISPs were previously policed by the Federal Trade Commission...more

K&L Gates LLP

Government Investigations Into Cybersecurity Breaches In Healthcare

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In September 2015, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), report found that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the agency charged with ensuring compliance with the Health...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Don’t Wait for It; Recent HIPAA Enforcement Action Signal More to Come in Phase 2 Audits

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) have recently selected a vendor to conduct the second wave of HIPAA audits. These so-called “Phase 2 Audits” are set to commence...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Don't Wait for It; Recent HIPAA Enforcement Action Signal More to Come in Phase 2 Audits

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) have recently selected a vendor to conduct the second wave of HIPAA audits. These so-called "Phase 2 Audits" are set to commence...more

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Be Prepared – HIPAA Audits are Coming in 2014

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Later this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is expected to launch its permanent HIPAA Audit Program. The HIPAA Audit Program is authorized under Section 13411 of the HITECH Act, and is designed to...more

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