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Recent OCR Settlements Emphasize the Need for Thorough HIPAA Risk Analysis

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Two settlements recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reinforce the agency’s emphasis on promoting thorough risk analysis to help prevent disclosure of...more

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Human Trafficking Monitoring for Telehealth Providers

Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Season of Enforcement: OCR Announces Its Sixth Enforcement Action of 2025

With 2025 barely three weeks old, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has already announced six enforcement actions for the new year. Particularly significant is the advancement of...more

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A Flurry of Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Regulatory Developments in 2024

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2024 was a record year for cyberattacks in the healthcare sector. According to the Breach Portal maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), to date this year, there...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 9th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EST

General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...more

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HIPAA Security Rule Compliance for Providers & Business Associates in Three Easy Steps

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On August 4, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Health & Human Services Department (“HHS”) announced a $5.55 million HIPAA settlement with Advocate Health Care Network (“Advocate”), the largest...more

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Enterprise Risk Management: The benefits of online policy and procedure management systems

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ABSTRACT - Operational inefficiencies, sub-optimal patient care, financial losses and missing or ineffective sanctions for non-compliance are all potential outcomes that can stem from passive policy and procedure management....more

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