On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 2, 2022 proposed a substantial revision of the regulations governing the confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder records. These changes could mean less...more
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a penalty imposed by the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) on the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”). The Court’s...more
On January 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its plan to propose changes to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (EHR Incentive Program). According to CMS, the rule will address...more
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