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2024 HIPAA Developments

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Over the course of the past few months, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), both of which are divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and...more

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HHS Is Primed to Enforce Information Blocking Conduct

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continued its commitment to timely and full access to health records on June 24, 2024, through the finalization of its information blocking disincentives rule for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: March 2024

Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more

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Substance Abuse Disorder Records (42 CFR Part 2) Final Rule Is Here!

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its anticipated Final Rule last week. The Final Rule revises...more

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Final Rule Aligns 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA and HITECH

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On February 8, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted a final rule that aims to align 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) — which protects certain substance abuse disorder (SUD) records — with the Health Insurance...more

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How Do Personal Health Records Relate to HIPAA?

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It is important for health care providers and their lawyers to understand Personal Health Records (“PHRs”) and how they relate to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). A PHR grants a patient...more

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HHS and FTC Fire a Warning Shot at Healthcare Companies Using Online Tracking Technologies

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On July 20, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a joint letter sent to approximately 130 hospital systems...more

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All Good Things Must Come to an End: The Expiration of OCR’s Enforcement Discretion

On April 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirmed that four notifications of enforcement discretion regarding enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. ONC’s Tripathi: HIPAA Doesn’t Impede Sharing, Requirements Under Info Blocking...

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) When Micky Tripathi’s mom was recently transferred to a rehab facility to recover from a broken hip, the hospital, “right in front of me…printed off her record,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

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OCR Guidance on Use of Tracking Technologies Warrants Review of Website Tech

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance regarding covered entities’ and business associates’ use of tracking technologies (the Guidance). As discussed in greater detail...more

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Are you regulated under HIPAA? Ensure your website or app’s user tracking is HIPAA compliant

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On December 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance to covered entities and business associates regarding website and application user data tracking and how...more

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Not so fast: HHS OCR warns that HIPAA applies to online tracking technologies

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Covered Entities and Business Associates must comply with HIPAA in their use of online tracking technologies, including cookies, pixels or similar code. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil...more

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The California Data Exchange Framework: New Requirements for Sharing Health Information Between Hospitals, Physicians, and Other...

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The recently unveiled California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework (the Framework) creates a new regulatory and governance structure to promote the exchange of health information between health care providers...more

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ONC Publishes Report, Commentary on Information Blocking Rule Claims Trends

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published noteworthy information blocking claim submission trends to date in its recent Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers post on the...more

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[Webinar] HIPAA in 2021: Proposed Changes to the Privacy Rule - January 25th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed revisions to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that would significantly impact the day-to-day operations of HIPAA covered entities. In this...more

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Major Changes Proposed to HIPAA Privacy Rules

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Late last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to make significant revisions to the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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Major changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule proposed

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On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced  proposed revisions to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HHS stated that the revisions would “address standards that may impede the transition to...more

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Compliance Roadblocks: Tackling Information Blocking Challenges in Health Care – Part 2

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In Part 1 of our information blocking series, we introduced readers to the fundamentals of information blocking, including definitional terms, information blocking exceptions, and compliance deadlines and penalties for health...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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COVID-19: HHS Permits Business Associates to Use and Disclose PHI for Public Health and Health Oversight Purposes Without Amending...

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on April 2 that HHS is exercising its enforcement discretion to permit business associates to use and disclose protected health information (PHI) for public health...more

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New HIPAA Waivers for Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Emergency

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This post provides an update on a number of HIPAA waivers that have just been made available to health care providers: (1) Waivers for hospitals in the initial 72 hours of enacting a disaster protocol; and (2) Waivers for all...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Finalizes Joint Rules on Electronic Health Record Interoperability and Access

On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced final rules seeking to give patients more access to, and control of, their health data. The final rules were issued by the Office of the National...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Solo Practitioner Agrees to $100,000 Settlement for HIPAA Security Rule Violations

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On March 3, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $100,000 settlement and corrective action plan with Steven A. Porter, M.D. to resolve potential...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Over 30 Data Breach Incidents in Health Care Reported to HHS Thus Far in 2020, Affecting Over 1 Million Individuals

Health care organizations continue to be a popular target for hackers. According to information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), over 30 reports of data breaches have been filed by health care...more

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