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Ep. 75 – Back to Basics: Understanding a Patient’s Right to Request an Accounting of Disclosures

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Our Back-to-Basics series celebrates back-to-school season by taking a fresh look at some basic compliance obligations....more

Brooks Pierce

Office for Civil Rights Settles Five Investigations in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative: Don’t Give Your Patients Any Reason to...

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Recent enforcement actions by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) underscore the importance of providing patients with copies of their protected health information (PHI) as required by HIPAA. Failure to provide access exposes...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

OCR Issues New HIPAA Guidance for Covered Entities Contacting Recovered COVID-19 Patients for Plasma Donations

The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued updated guidance on contacting former COVID-19 patients about blood plasma donation in light of the privacy protections...more

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Protecting LTC Residents' PHI: Eight Tips for Avoiding a Data Breach

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Organizations that meet the definition of "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations (HIPAA) must be diligent to maintain the privacy and security...more

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