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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

2nd Settlement Triggered by 2017 Ransomware Attack Costs WA Practice $100K; ‘Not a Breach’

Let’s review for a moment. It’s not a HIPAA violation to be a victim of ransomware. It’s not a HIPAA violation to pay a ransom. It’s up to the covered entity (CE) to determine if a security or privacy incident is a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - December 9th - 12th, San Diego, CA

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - November 18th - 21st, Boston, MA

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more

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HIPAA: Amendments to Protect Reproductive Health Care Information Can Now be Implemented with OCR’s Final Rule

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top HIPAA regulated entities may now begin implementing the amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide additional protections for reproductive health care information...more

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Providers Face HIPAA Compliance Questions After Change Healthcare Cyberattack

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Who will notify the potentially millions of individuals whose information might have been jeopardized by the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare? Since the affiliate of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) first reported the...more

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OCR Finalizes HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 26, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Final Rule that adds protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more

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[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - May 3rd, Lewis Center, OH

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - May 3rd, Lewis Center, OH

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HHS Office for Civil Rights Reaches Second Health Care Ransomware Settlement

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced its second settlement in four months growing out of a ransomware attack on a health care business. Maryland-based Green Ridge...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - July 15th - 18th, Charlotte, NC

Ideal for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy offers practitioners a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a healthcare setting. The...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - May 6th - 9th, San Antonio, TX

Ideal for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy offers practitioners a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a healthcare setting. The...more

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FDA Issues Final Rule Permitting IRB Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent for Certain Minimal Risk Clinical Investigations

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule, Institutional Review Board Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent for Minimal Risk Clinical Investigations, which allows an exception from the requirement to...more

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First Settlement by OCR in a Phishing Cyber-Attack Investigation

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On December 7, 2023, OCR released a statement that it was settling a phishing cyber-attack investigation into Lafourche Medical Group (the Medical Group) which specializes in emergency medicine, occupational medicine, and...more

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OCR Settles HIPAA Investigation Regarding Potential Disclosure of Protected Health Information to Media Outlet

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On November 20, 2023, HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule...more

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Fraud Doesn’t Pay in New York – November 2023 Update

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An Overview of Recent Decisions Demonstrating the Board’s Continuing Attitude Toward 114-a - (Editor’s Note – As a part of our Quarterly Practice Group Update, we are pleased to produce our next installment of examples of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - February 26th - 29th, Phoenix, AZ

Ideal for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy offers practitioners a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a healthcare setting. The...more

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Delaware Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On September 11, 2023, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Bill No. 154 ("Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act"), Delaware's new state consumer privacy law, which will become effective January 1, 2025. Delaware...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - December 11th - 14th, Orlando, FL

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - October 16th - 19th, San Francisco, CA

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC and HHS Warn Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers About Use of Technologies That Share Sensitive Health Information

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The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights are cautioning hospitals and telehealth providers about the privacy and security risks related to the use of online...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Revised Privacy Rule May Not Emerge for Two Years; Info Blocking Penalty Regulation Published

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 7 (July 2023) In two public talks this spring, Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), said completing the 2021 proposed regulation extensively...more

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Hospital Settles HIPAA Investigation Over Allegations of Medical Record Access by Security Guards

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On June 15, 2023, OCR announced a settlement with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima) after completing a HIPAA investigation regarding allegations that hospital security guards accessed medical records of 419 patients....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Supreme Court leaves open a major risk to internal corporate communications

It is commonplace for attorneys and compliance officers (particularly those who are also attorneys) to receive communications from clients that have more than one purpose. Take, for example, a doctor who calls a friend and...more

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