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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 17 Apr 2023
HHS OCR Delivered Annual Reports to Congress
In February, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) delivered two annual reports to Congress for…
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | USA | 2 Sep 2022
District Court dismisses ransomware suit alleging negligence
On August 30, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana granted a software company Defendant’s motion to dismiss, ruling that a…
Epstein Becker Green | USA | 8 Apr 2022
HHS OCR Issues Annual HIPAA Reports to Congress
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently submitted two reports to Congress setting forth the HIPAA…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 24 Feb 2020
SHIELD Act: New York's New Data Security Mandates Take Effect in March
In July 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act), which amended New…
Akerman LLP | USA | 4 Feb 2020
OCR Fee Limits for Third Party Directive Record Requests Struck Down
On January 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice (the OCR Notice) regarding…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 29 Jul 2019
New York State Enacts More Stringent Breach Notification Law
New York is the latest state to expand its breach notification law with the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, signed into…
Phillips Lytle LLP | USA | 1 Jul 2019
OCR Guidance May Signal Increase in Enforcement Activity Against Business Associates
In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, imposed direct liability on business associates for certain…
Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 15 May 2019
HIPAA Spring Cleaning! Tidying Up Penalty Limits and FAQs on Patients’ Right of Access
The HHS Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) closed out the month of April with some updates to HIPAA civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) limits and…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 24 Apr 2019
Risky Business: Sharing Data Beyond HIPAA-Covered Entities
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996, when healthcare providers and payers were still using…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 19 Apr 2019
Overview of Proposed Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Interoperability and Patient Access to Data
On March 4, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a wide-ranging proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”)[1] with the intent to…
