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Full HIPAA Enforcement to Resume as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

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On April 11, 2023, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its plan for termination of the existing notifications of enforcement discretion related to the expiration of the...more

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Podcast: Are Vaccine Passports the Key to Reopening? - Diagnosing Health Care

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The vaccine passport has been a major topic of discussion as businesses and governments consider how to balance privacy and safety through the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Epstein Becker Green attorneys Patricia Wagner,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Perspectives: Privacy Investigations in a Virtual World

Privacy continues to be a challenging issue for healthcare providers. Chrissy Kyak, Compliance & Privacy Officer for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and MedStar Health Research...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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Managing Privacy Issues and COVID-19 at Independent Living Facilities and Age-Restricted Housing Communities

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As COVID-19 cases continue to spike, people are afraid, especially seniors who are more susceptible to the disease. Understandably, when an infection occurs, residents of independent living facilities and age-restricted...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democrats And Republicans Introduce Competing COVID-19 Data Privacy Bills

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Responding to widespread calls for uniform rules and restrictions regarding the collection and use of individuals’ COVID-19-related health information, Congressional Republicans and Democrats have each recently introduced...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Privacy Versus Pandemic: Health Privacy Considerations in Response to COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to spread, health care providers, health plans and employers are facing difficult privacy questions as they attempt to balance privacy concerns against the need to protect patients, employees and...more

Fisher Phillips

Reminder: Coronavirus Emergency Does Not Trump HIPAA Privacy Rule

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The government just sent a stern reminder to all employers, especially those involved in providing healthcare, that they must still comply with the protections contained in the HIPAA Privacy Rule during the Coronavirus...more

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