Massachusetts General Reports HIPAA Breach Involving Nearly 10,000 People
Hospitals continue to be considered targets for cyber-attacks Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported an incident of unauthorized access to computer…
SAMHSA Proposes Changes to the Confidentiality of SUD Patient Records Regulations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently issued a proposed…
OCR Announces First Settlement in the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced the first enforcement action and…
OCR Releases FAQs About Uses and Disclosures for Care Coordination and Continuity of Care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released two new Frequently Asked Questions…
Medical Records Company Settles with 16 States and OCR in HIPAA Lawsuit
Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), a medical records company, and its subsidiaries recently settled with 16 different states’ Attorney Generals (AG)…
HHS Issues Final Rule for Conscience Rights in Health Care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a final rule that clarifies…
OCR Reiterates Direct Liability Authority Over Business Associates
Ten ways BAs are directly liable for HIPAA violations The HITECH Act made business associates (BA) of covered entities directly…
For 2019 HIPAA is the Highest Compliance Officer Priority
75% of Compliance Officers are responsible for HIPAA Privacy The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey (Survey) was conducted by…
Mitigating Unauthorized Disclosures of PHI by Employees or Former Employees
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently submitted two reports to select congressional…
OCR Focusing on Enforcing Patients’ Rights to Access
In a Bloomberg Law article regarding last month’s National Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Summit, reporter James Swann…
HIPAA Designated Privacy Officers
Under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) every HIPAA covered entity must have a designated Privacy Officer.…
OCR Solicits Comments on HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinated Care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is soliciting comments on the modification of…