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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights begins health information and privacy and security audit program

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 29 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that it is implementing a pilot audit program to perform up to 150 audits of covered entities to assess compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security rules and breach notification standards

HIPAA new year! Finally, final HIPAA rules issued

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

In today's Federal Register, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited regulations (Final

HHS proposes amendments to HIPAA regulations

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2010

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of HHS issued a proposed rule setting forth modifications to the Privacy, Security and Enforcement rules issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA

Company settles in first-ever state HIPAA privacy suit

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2010

HealthNet of Connecticut, Inc. agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve a HIPAA privacy lawsuit by the State of Connecticut

FTC again delays enforcement of Red Flags Rule

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 26 2010

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is delaying enforcement of the identity theft Red Flags Rule from June 1, 2010 to at least through December 31, 2010

HHS issues fines for HIPAA privacy rule violations

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2011

HHS recently issued fines against two violators of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule

HHS issues proposed HIPAA privacy rule on accounting of disclosures under HITECH Act

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 27 2011

HHS issued a proposed rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule's standard for an accounting of disclosures of protected health information (PHI

HIPAA electronic data interchange rules effective January 1, 2012

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2011

In our February 2009 Employee Benefits Update, we reported that HHS had finalized updated code sets and standards for electronic data interchange

Understanding your responsibilities with regard to the redisclosure of patient health information

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 19 2011

It is very common for health care entities to receive patient information from outside sourcese.g., other providersand incorporate that information into a patientʼs health care record

Alaska settles HIPAA security case for $1.7 million

  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2012

HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled its first enforcement action under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) against a state agency for $1.7 million