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Health Care Privacy and Security In 2024: Six Critical Topics to Watch

As we reflect on the flurry of activity in the health care data privacy and security space in 2023 and look ahead to what will continue to be a busy 2024, we are seeing the early stages of federal agency movement to align the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2023

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. February 23, 2023 - The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is planning to revise the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for...more

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OCR Seeks Public Comments on HIPAA/HITECH Security and Enforcement Provisions

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The HHS Office for Civil Rights is requesting comments about HIPAA covered entities’ and business associates’ implementation of “recognized security practices” and payments to “harmed individuals” from funds the agency...more

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Department of Health and Human Services Issues Request for Information on Cybersecurity Standards

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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a formal request for information from the public about how regulated entities are implementing industry recognized security practices. The request for information...more

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Department of Health and Human Services Seeks Input on HIPAA “Safe Harbor”

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On April 6, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit public comments on the implementation of the “safe harbor” under the Health...more

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HHS Seeks Input on HIPAA “Safe Harbor”

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On April 6, 2022, HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit public comment on the implementation of the newly-enacted “safe harbor” under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Any Port in a Storm? OCR Seeks Comments on HIPAA “Safe Harbor” for Recognized Security Practices

Earlier this month, HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on a statutory provision adopted last year that provides a quasi-safe harbor for entities that have voluntarily...more

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HHS seeks comment by June 6 on recognized security practices as mitigating factor in HIPAA enforcement

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The US Department of Health Human Services (HHS) is seeking public comments about the appropriate role of “recognized security practices” in enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. Congress, through an amendment to the HITECH...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Help Wanted: OCR Seeks Public Input on “Recognized Security Practices” and Sharing Settlements with Harmed Individuals Under the...

Covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) have the chance to provide input on two amendments to the Health Information Technology for...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OCR RFI: Have You Implemented Your Recognized Security Practices?

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain industry feedback and inform potential future rulemaking regarding information...more

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HIPAA Enforcers Seek Public Input on Recognized Security Practices and Sharing Enforcement Recoveries with Affected Individuals

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The past several years have proven difficult for healthcare entities due to increasing cybersecurity threats, breaches and regulatory enforcement. Following these trends, on April 6, 2022, the Department of Health and Human...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Facing Escalating Attacks, AHA Presses OCR to Expedite Security Practices Rule

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 12 (December, 2021) - Amid the letters of congratulations to new HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Director Lisa Pino is a plea from the American Hospital Association (AHA): “victims” of...more

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OCR Issues Request for Information Regarding Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Request for Information that asks members of the public to submit written comments regarding the administration of school discipline in...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Keeps On Sprinting with Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pushing ahead in its Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care with a new proposed rule, announced by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on December 10, to modify the HIPAA...more

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HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 1: CMS and OIG Issue Long-Awaited Proposed Rules

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On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) took the next step in their Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

IMGMA Q/A: Sharing PHI for Treatment Purposes

Question: May I share records with another healthcare provider without the patient’s authorization? Answer: It depends on the purpose. If the disclosure is for purposes of the patient’s treatment, including continuation of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Deadline Approaching to Submit Comments on Potential Updates to HIPAA in Response to Agency Request for Information

There are less than two weeks left to submit comments regarding potential updates to the privacy, security and breach notification regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Cybersecurity Guidance for the Health Care Industry (and Last Call for HIPAA Rule Comments)

We discuss below two important updates impacting health care industry clients...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

HIPAA Enforcement Expectations and Updates for 2019

Summing up the results of the previous year, regulatory experts have noted that more than half of the businesses punished for HIPAA lapses in 2018 involved well-known big business entities making it a notable theme of the...more

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One Month Left to Submit Comments on HIPAA Request For Information

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Last month, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a Request for Information (“RFI”) looking for recommendations and public input regarding the Health...more

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Modifying the HIPAA Rules: The Next Leg in HHS’s Sprint to Coordinated Care

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On December 14, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on potential modifications to the HIPAA Rules focused on...more

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Request For Public Input On HIPAA Shines Light On New Health Information Trend, But HIPAA Enforcement And Fines Still Loom

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On December 12, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a request for information (RFI) on how the current HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules may burden or complicate the increasing shift and trend...more

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HHS Requests Public Input on Modifying HIPAA

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On December 14, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI), for assistance in identifying provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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OCR Requests Information from Stakeholders on Significant Changes to the HIPAA Rules

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The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a long-awaited Request for Information seeking feedback on whether and how the HIPAA Rules should be revised to better promote...more

White and Williams LLP

OCR Seeks Feedback for Modifying HIPAA Rules to Promote Efficiency and Reduce Burdens Placed Upon Covered Entities

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on modification of the Privacy and Security Rules under the Health...more

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