Following the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recent publication of four settlements as part of a new Risk Analysis Audit Initiative. We explore the current regulatory language for Risk Analysis, the proposed language for Risk...more
4/16/2025
/ Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
HIPAA Violations ,
OCR ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
On November 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for potential violations of the Health Insurance...more
The Right of Access Initiative by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began in 2019. On September 20, 2022, the OCR published its latest press release on the matter...more
10/25/2022
/ Covered Entities ,
Dental Practice ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Violations ,
Medical Records ,
OCR ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Release of Information ,
Right of Access ,
Standard Operating Procedures
On March 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a Proposed Rule, 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking and the ONC Health Information Certification...more