February 23, 2024
One of the key provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities and business associates to notify affected individuals, the Department [...]
February 9, 2024
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced long-awaited changes to [...]
May 8, 2023
Health center Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) annual redeeming applications are due by June 23, 2023. The requirements for redeeming for CY 2024 are described in Program Assistance Letter 2023-01 (PAL 2023-01), [...]
April 14, 2023
On April 12, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to strengthen the federal privacy protections for reproductive health records. The NPRM seeks to address [...]
March 29, 2023
On February 17, 2023, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information for Calendar Year 2021 (“HIPAA Breach Report”) and [...]
December 22, 2022
On December 1, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA covered entities and business associates. Health care providers, including hospital and health [...]
October 6, 2022
As of October 6, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)’s Cures Act Final Rule (known as the Info Blocking Rule) applies to all electronic health information (EHI). Prior to October [...]
September 9, 2020
The covered entities involved in the two most recent HIPAA settlements could not be more different: A small federally qualified health center (with approximately 43 employees and serving approximately 3,100 patients per [...]
May 7, 2020
Earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a COVID-19 Guidance on Disclosure of PHI to the Media (“Guidance”) reminding covered entities that they must have a patient’s written authorization [...]
March 2, 2020
Covered entities are no longer required to limit the fees they charge when sending records to a third party, according to a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District [...]