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Data Counsel
HHS OCR Director Leon Rodriguez’s Dialogue on HIPAA/HITECH Compliance
“HIPAA is a valve, not a blockage,” stated HHS OCR Director Leon Rodriguez, at the OCR/NIST 6th Annual Conference on Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security. Discussing the…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Collateral Effects of the Omnibus Rule: Exercise Caution in Using Past OCR Summaries on Large PHI Breaches as a Roadmap for Future Guidance
While the summaries of closed investigations posted on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services list of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals continue to provide…
Inside Privacy
HITECH Update #10: HHS Releases First Sample Business Associate Agreement Provisions Since HITECH Act, Omnibus Rule
This post is part of our series on key aspects of the final HITECH omnibus rule published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Federal…
Inside Privacy
HITECH Update #2: HHS Finalizes Privacy Rules to Protect Genetic Information
This post is part of our series on key aspects of the final HITECH omnibus rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 17, 2013 (available…
Health Industry Washington Watch
It’s Here: OCR Releases Long Awaited HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule
By Brad Rostolsky, Nancy Halstead
The Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") of the Department of Health and Human Services released today the long awaited, and much anticipated, omnibus final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security,…
Life Sciences Legal Update
It’s Here: OCR Releases Long Awaited HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule
By Brad Rostolsky, Nancy Halstead
The Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") of the Department of Health and Human Services released today the long awaited, and much anticipated, omnibus final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security,…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Are Cloud Service Providers Business Associates under HIPAA and the HITECH Act?
Is your cloud service provider HIPAA-compliant?
Health Care and Life Sciences
2012 Privacy and Security Year in Review
By Ross K. Friedberg and Ophir Stemmer This year we’ve seen a continuation of the trend toward heightened regulation and enforcement of the privacy and security requirements under the Health…
Healthcare Law Insights
Are You Ready For A HIPAA Audit?
By Deb Hiser
The Director of the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), Leon Rodriquez, has made clear that he "absolutely" plans to continue the office's ongoing efforts to ramp up enforcement of HIPAA…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Employer Beware: OCR Heats Up HIPAA Enforcement
For those healthcare employers that have been resting on your laurels and viewing through rose-colored glasses your entity’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and HITECH (Health…