In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...
The Security Rule delay wasn’t the only news in the Unified Agenda. For the first time, OCR announced it plans to issue a proposed regulation—it listed November for publication—to “address the amount ...
On February 17, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released two companion reports to Congress detailing its actions in 2021 to enforce the privacy, ...
Covered entities and their business associates continue to struggle with HIPAA compliance, with the Health and Human Services Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) receiving almost 20,000 ...
While the wait continues for the Biden administration to name a new leader for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, the HIPAA enforcement agency recently issued its ...
The HHS Office for Civil Rights this past week announced the outcomes of three HIPAA investigations and brought another matter before a judge, signaling a continued prioritization of patients' rights ...
Federal regulators have slapped four small covered entities with HIPAA enforcement actions, including two settlements involving right of access disputes and one civil monetary penalty in an ...
HIPAA's privacy and security enforcer has hired an outside firm to help build its HITECH-required HIPAA auditing plan, the government agency tells HealthLeaders Media. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR ...
L.A. Care has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle two investigations by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights over potential violations of the Health Insurance ...