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Risk Mitigation Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Addressable No More: HHS Proposes Significant Changes to HIPAA Security Rule

On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed substantial revisions to the 20-year-old HIPAA Security Rule. Comments on the proposal will be due within sixty days of its publication in the...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Beware of Fraudsters Posing as Government Investigators to Obtain Protected Health Information

Risk Management Question - What precautions can law firms, along with their lawyers and staff, take when they receive an unexpected request for protected health information (PHI) from someone claiming to be a...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Lack of an Adequate HIPAA Security Risk Assessment is a Common and Costly Mistake by Healthcare Providers: What...

Health care providers and others who must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) have specific requirements under the Security Rule to HIPAA when it comes to their mainte-nance...more

Baker Donelson

Changes to the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool Require Attention

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The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released an updated Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool this week. All covered entities and business...more

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