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King & Spalding

OCR Proposes Updates to Strengthen the HIPAA Security Rule

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On December 27, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at HHS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) intended to update the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Update: FCC Adopts Digital Discrimination Rules in Party-Line Vote

Key Points - On November 15, 2023, the FCC adopted rules aimed at preventing discrimination in access to broadband services. The FCC vote satisfies the Commission’s obligation under the IIJA, which requires the FCC to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Still Missing a New Leader, Former OCR Directors, Experts Offer Advice, Task List

Issue a final rule revising the privacy regulation and write guidance on the information blocking rule. Formalize the fledgling audit program required by Congress more than 10 years ago. Engage with providers and other...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Families Detail Years of Anguish, Pain As They Plead for Changes to Privacy Rule

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 7 (July, 2021) - ...These heartfelt comments are among those submitted to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in response to its January notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Awaiting New Leader, OCR Collects NPRM Feedback, Closes Breach, 14th Access Case

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - Unless an extension is granted or the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is withdrawn, covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) have until late March to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Findings & Takeaways from OCR HIPAA Audit Findings

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The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently published its findings from audits conducted in 2016 and 2017 of covered entities’ and business associates’ compliance with...more

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