On April 2, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, effective immediately, it will exercise its enforcement discretion over certain provisions of the HIPAA...more
COVID-19’s strain on businesses has prompted the federal and state governments to relax certain regulatory standards. Regardless of the pandemic’s increasing momentum in the United States, and in California particularly, the...more
3/27/2020
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On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) a pandemic. On March 13, President Trump declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a national emergency. ...more
On March 6, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act). The Act includes a provision allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...more
3/20/2020
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FaceTime ,
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