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Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

OCR Issues Further Guidance on Use of Web Trackers by Regulated Entities

On March 18, 2024, The Office for Civil Rights OCR revised its guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” and issued a bulletin to remind regulated entities and the...more

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OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter Emphasizes Significance of HIPAA Sanction Policies

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently offered covered entities and business associates (Regulated Entities) not-so-subtle reminders in its October 2023 Cybersecurity Newsletter that effective sanction policies can...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

HIPAA’S Right of Access is No Joke, and the Holidays are No Excuse for Noncompliance

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On November 30, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the resolution of five investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OCR Settlement Underscores the Importance of HIPAA Privacy and Security Review in Transactional Due Diligence

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On April 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a resolution agreement with Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Time For CEs, BAs To Take Right Of Access Seriously

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A March 11 article in the Health Care Compliance Association’s Report on Patient Privacy, “In Wake of 16th OCR Settlement, Time For CEs, BAs to Take Right of Access Seriously,” discussed the Right of Access Initiative that...more

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Warning: OCR HIPAA Audits Reveal Widespread Noncompliance

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released an audit report on HIPAA compliance by 166 covered entities and 41 business associates during 2016-2017. The audits included...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Small N.C. Health Center Pays Price for 2011 Breach, Noncompliance; 'We Had to Move On'

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 8 (August 2020)  - Last month, leaders from Agape Health Services in rural Washington, North Carolina, were happy to share photos of the shell of a building in neighboring Plymouth, that,...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

OCR Will Not Impose Penalties for Noncompliance with HIPAA Regulations Under Good Faith Provision of Telehealth During COVID-19...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a notice that it will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Ambulance Company Agrees to $65,000 OCR Settlement for HIPAA Noncompliance

West Georgia Ambulance, Inc. (West Georgia) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) entered into a $65,000 no-fault settlement agreement and two year corrective action...more

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