On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Clinton Mikel, a Partner at The Health Law Partners and Chairman of the eHealth, Privacy and Security Interest Group of the American Bar Association Health Law Section, will be a guest speaker at Politico’s “Outside, In: Unhealthy Hacking: Medical Privacy in the Age of Cyber…
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OCR Launches Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced that it will begin the 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program, the next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. In Phase 2, OCR will review the policies and procedures adopted and employed by covered entities and their…
Department of Health and Human Services
At the American Bar Association’s Physician Legal Issues Conference, Celeste Davis, Esq., of the Office for Civil Rights announced that, effective Monday, June 15, 2015, the Kansas City branch of the Office for Civil Rights will consolidate with the Chicago branch to form the new Department of Health and Human…
New York Presbyterian Hospital & Columbia University Pay $4.8 Million to Settle Alleged HIPAA Violations
On May 7, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), New York-Presbyterian Hospital (“NYP”) and Columbia University (“CU”) agreed to collectively pay $4.8 million to settle charges of alleged violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule marking the largest HIPAA settlement to date. OCR initiated an investigation…
OCR Releases HIPAA Privacy and Security Education Tools
On April 30, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the availability of new tools to educate health care providers and consumers about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules. Specifically for health care providers, three HIPAA…
Highlights From Leon Rodriguez, Executive Director of OCR’s, Speech at ABA’s EMI Conference in Miami
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The Office for Civil Rights has just released the long awaited HIPAA “Omnibus Rules”
Stay tuned for many further developments – The Health Law Partners will be providing numerous valuable educational resources for its clients. The announcement and links are below. January 17, 2013 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new rule to strengthen the privacy and security…
HHS Announces First Settlement for Breach of HIPAA Privacy Rule Involving Fewer Than 500 Individuals
A press release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published on January 2, 2013 announced that the Department had reached its first settlement with a covered entity for a breach of the Health and Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule affecting fewer than 500…
State Attorney General-Initiated HIPAA Settlement Nets $750,000
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday that it has settled, for $750,000, a data breach lawsuit filed against South Shore Hospital under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The alleged HIPAA violation arose from unencrypted back-up tapes that South Shore…
CMS Announced 90-Day Discretionary Enforcement Period for Compliance with New HIPAA Standards
On November 17, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will delay enforcement action until March 31, 2012 for those Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) covered entities that are not in compliance with the ASC X12 Version 5010, NCPDP Telecom D.0 and NCPDP…