The Department of Health and Human Services should make several revisions in its long-delayed plans for a revamp of the HIPAA accounting of disclosures rule and conduct pilot tests before implementing ...

After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was tasked with responding ...

On March 17, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance related to how Covered Entities can comply with HIPAA and ...

Covered entities and business associates finally have an idea what the accounting of disclosures provision in HITECH is all about. The Department of Health & Human Services publically released a ...

This explainer provides a high-level overview of these protections and the statutes that establish such rights, certain ...

"If, despite the HIPAA security rule [requirements], you have not been maintaining audit logs and you have not been logging all access to the electronic health record and to other designated record ...

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HIPAA's purpose is to protect the privacy and security of protected ...

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Fearful that doctors might be hesitant to adopt electronic health record technology, the Medical Group Management Association called on the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its ...

I work in mental health with mandated sexual offenders. Their parole officers state that they need to ensure that the files are complete and they have demanded to see entire files. I have refused, ...