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FTC’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Puts Health App Developers on Notice

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) years-long effort to modernize its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) in the midst of a swiftly changing technological landscape appears to be coming to an end. On Thursday, May 30,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

HIPAA Fundamentals for Providers

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In March of this year, The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a letter addressing the recent cybersecurity incident impacting many health care entities, primarily Change Healthcare,...more

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Recent Dental Benefit Provider Data Breach Highlights Legal Risks and Need for Proactive Mitigation

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Data Breaches risk legal consequences—both from state and federal governments and consumers, as well as reputational harm. Last month, MCNA—a dental benefit provider—provided notice of a data breach that exposed the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Update: Following Breach Notification Laws Not Enough; Must Notify Consumers and Others to Mitigate...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its position on breach notification:  “Regardless of whether a breach notification law applies, a breached entity that fails to disclose information to help parties...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Upcoming Annual Deadline for HIPAA Small Breach Reporting: March 1, 2022

HIPAA-covered entities should note the quickly approaching March 1, 2022 deadline for reporting breaches of unsecured protected health information that occurred in 2021 and involved fewer than 500 individuals. This article...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy

Recently the Health Care Compliance Association released the new Health Care Privacy Handbook, 3rd Edition. https://www.hcca-info.org/health-care-privacy-handbook To learn what’s new in the book and in healthcare privacy...more

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Entities of All Types Should Consider Commenting on the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule by August 20, 2020

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On May 22, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published its decennial request for public comment (the “RFC”) on the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule (the “HBN Rule”)....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yearly Data Breach Reporting Due to OCR by February 29

Every year, we remind our readers that the HIPAA data breach notification regulations require covered entities to notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any reportable data breaches that involved fewer than 500...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 19, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2019

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 19, Number 11. (November 2019) ? The biggest threat to protected health information comes from carelessness within your organization, according to a brief from the Clearwater...more

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