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Protected Health Information Right of Access Corrective Action Plans (CAPs)

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Failure to Follow OCR HIPAA Technical Assistance Results in $15,000 Settlement for Small Provider

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We have written several times about U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ “HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.” In its most recent enforcement action under the Initiative, the 44th such...more

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OCR Announces Four Enforcement Actions

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On March 28, 2022, Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of four enforcement actions, three resolved in 2021 and one resolved in 2022. There are some interesting aspects of this...more

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OCR’s HIPAA Right Of Access Initiative Continues

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has pursued its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative since 2019. OCR’s 19th settlement under the initiative, with The Diabetes, Endocrinology &...more

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Small NJ Medical Practice Becomes 18th Target Of OCR’s HIPAA Right Of Access Enforcement Initiative

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A small New Jersey plastic surgery practice, Village Plastic Surgery (“VPS”), has become the eighteenth HIPAA covered entity to face an enforcement action under the Office for Civil Right’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative....more

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OCR’s Fifteenth HIPAA Right of Access Initiative Settlement Results in Not-for-Profit Health System Paying $75,000

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In the first settlement under the Biden Administration, on February 10th the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a settlement of a fifteenth enforcement action...more

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HIPAA Right of Access Initiative: 2020 Year in Review

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In 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) kept the promise it made the prior year to “vigorously enforce” the rights of patients to access and exercise control over their medical records. OCR has settled ten “right of...more

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OCR Settles Five Investigations Under Right of Access Initiative

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced yesterday that it has settled five investigations in its HIPAA Rights to Access Initiative (Initiative), which it announced would be an enforcement priority for it starting in 2019....more

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