Authors: Lynn Sessions, Kimberly Wong, Cory Fox and Anne Foster. On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Final Rule), which includes the most sweeping changes to HIPAA since the Privacy and Security Rules were released. Under the … Continue Reading
Recently, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (“DHSS”) reached a $1,700,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) pertaining to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) investigation into possible violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. To date, this is the third settlement triggered by a covered entity’s report … Continue Reading
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