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Incident Response
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Data Counsel
HHS Withdraws Draft Of Final HIPAA Breach Nofitifcation Rule
On July 28, 2010, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it withdrew the draft of the final rule for…
Med Law Blog
HITECH Breach Notification Final Rule Update
Contributed by Lee Kim 412.594.3915, lkim@tuckerlaw.com The US Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") is withdrawing the breach notification final rule under HITECH from OMB review to allow for…
Life Sciences Legal Update
Final Breach Notification Rule: HHS Back to the Drawing Board
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that its development of a Final Breach Notification Rule (currently, the rule is in interim final form) has been stalled,…
Technology Law Source
HHS Withdrawing Breach Notification Final Rule – Temporarily
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it was temporarily withdrawing the breach notification final rule from review of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…
Health IT Law Blog
OCR delays enforcement of certain HITECH provisions
In a much-anticipated move, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Health and Human Services has issued an update regarding delays of certain HITECH provisions, while confirming enforcement…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : February 25, 2010
As was discussed in the LexBlog office this morning, you have to respect the creativity of the professionals at Winthrop & Weinstine, publishers of Duets Blog. One of today's posts:…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Health Net’s Data Breach Highlights Need for Privacy Officer with Clear Job Description
By Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti
Health Net Inc., one of the nation’s largest publicly traded managed health care companies, recently notified authorities and informed affected persons, with a statement on its website, that the unencrypted…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Covered Entity Liability for Business Associate Ignorance of Breach under HITECH — Really?
For covered entities (CEs) who have tight privacy and security measures in place, the breach notification requirements under HITECH (amending HIPAA) might not seem especially onerous. But what about breaches…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
HHS Issues Form and Instructions for Submitting Notice of a Breach to the Secretary
The Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) published an electronic notification form for covered entities to submit notice of a breach of security to the Secretary. The electronic form, available…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FTC Breach Notification Rule Is Now in Effect
The health breach notification rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) went into effect on Thursday, September 24, 2009. The FTC final rule, issued on August 17, 2009, applies…