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New Guidance Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Civil Rights

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New and Updated HIPAA Privacy Rule FAQs

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1. What's Changed? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) interpreting the HIPAA Privacy Rule. These additions align with...more

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HIPAA FAQs Updated to Support “Make Health Tech Great Again” Initiative

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In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published new and revised guidance related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HHS-OCR added a new FAQ describing permitted...more

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CMS Issues New Guidance Regarding Hospital Requirements for Informed Consent from Patients Undergoing Sensitive Examinations

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On April 1, 2024, CMS released new guidance to reiterate and clarify hospital requirements for informed consent from patients with respect to medical professionals performing sensitive examinations, especially for patients...more

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OCR Provides Guidance Regarding Patient Visitation Rights

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On January 25, 2024, HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance and responses to frequently asked questions regarding nondiscrimination regulations related to patient visitation. Hospitals, long term care facilities,...more

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HHS Releases Groundbreaking General Compliance Program Guidance, Setting New Standards for Healthcare Entities

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On November 6, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and practical general compliance guidance in decades. The new...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Are you regulated under HIPAA? Ensure your website or app’s user tracking is HIPAA compliant

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On December 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance to covered entities and business associates regarding website and application user data tracking and how...more

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Federal Agencies Issue Guidance After Dobbs Ruling

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In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed HHS agencies to act within their power to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law

Halloween or HIPAA: Which is Scarier? HIPAA and the Pandemic - Telehealth: - On Friday, March 20, 2020, OCR announced it will “exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 23. News Briefs: June 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 23 (June 22, 2020): - CMS has created a new point of origin (PoO) code, G, to indicate a transfer from a designated disaster alternative care site (ACS) because of changes in connection...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup | Q2 2019

In this second installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup for 2019, we cover several topics that have persisted over the past few years and identify new issues that will shape the scope of enforcement efforts...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New CMS Memos Provide Guidance on EMTALA Compliance for Psychiatric Hospitals

The application of EMTALA to psychiatric hospitals has long presented compliance concerns for psychiatric hospital providers. To provide clarity, the CMS recently released two memos that offer incremental additional guidance....more

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