Megan Svedman
Sidley Austin LLP
Articles
HHS Issues Proposed Rule Modernizing HIPAA Privacy Rule
USA - December 15 2020 On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a proposed rule (the Proposed…
Colleen Theresa Brown, Elizabeth Hardcastle, Meenakshi Datta, Rina Mady.
OCR 2020 Settlements Target HIPAA Security Rule Non-Compliance
USA - August 27 2020 In almost the first three quarters of 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has settled three cases…
SAMHSA Releases Final 42 CFR Part 2 Revised Rule
USA - July 27 2020 On July 13, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (“SAMHSA”) announced final revisions to the…
HHS Announces Exercise of Enforcement Discretion for Entities Engaged in COVID-19 Relief Efforts
USA - May 5 2020 Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and its Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) have taken a…
