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HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation with Phoenix Healthcare
From U.S. Health and Human Services: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with Phoenix Healthcare…
New State Health Privacy Laws—Moving Beyond HIPAA and Recasting Consumer Health Data Rights?
From Jones Day, by Alexis S. Gilroy, Lisa M. Ropple, Ryan P. Blaney, Claire E. Castles, Jennifer C. Everett and Kristen Pollock McDonald: The new consumer…
Updated: Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its guidance to regulated…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Ever Ransomware Cyber-Attack
From HHS Press Release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), reached a settlement with Green Ridge Behavioral Health,…
US Department of Human Services vs Hospital & Tech Sector Showdown
From Telehealth.org, by Marlene Maheu, PhD: Recent developments in digital privacy ethics in the healthcare sector have led to a lawsuit against the US Department of…
New Guidelines Anticipated Following HHS’s Health Cybersecurity Concept Paper
From Shutts & Bowen LLP, by Kurtis Hutson, Timothy Monaghan, Ella Shenhav: Updates to HIPAA Security Rule: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and…
NIST Publishes SP 800-66 Revision 2, Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule
From NIST Computer Security Resource Center: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of Special Publication (SP) 800-66r2 (Revision 2),…
CMS Updates Guidance to Allow Texting of Patient Orders
From Robinson & Cole, by Nathaniel Arden: On February 8, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its 2018 memorandum to now allow…