Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
It is not common for issues related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to make headlines, particularly in a murder case. HIPAA has recently been the subject of court filings in People v. Luigi...more
On April 22, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final Rule amending the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 7 (July 2023) In two public talks this spring, Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), said completing the 2021 proposed regulation extensively...more
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 8 (August, 2022) - Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences’ (OSUCHS) breach might not have seemed all that serious at the time: No data is believed to have been misused,...more
While a remote work environment can provide many benefits to all of the parties involved, it also can present significant challenges for organizations that need to remain Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability...more
Healthcare providers focusing on COVID-19 may have missed the final Interoperability and Information Blocking Rule that was published May 1, 2020 and takes effect November 3, 2020. (45 C.F.R. Part 171). The Rule implements...more