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The start of a New Year represents new opportunities to refocus on HIPAA compliance efforts.January 14
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced that West Georgia Ambulance has agreed to settle agency allegations of longstanding HIPAA noncompliance.January 1
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Updated guidance from the Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights is seeking to clarify when students’ health information can be shared under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and HIPAA.December 19
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As Congress looks to draft follow-up legislation to the 21st Century Cures Act, industry groups want to see lawmakers institute wide-ranging reforms to advance digital health and biomedical research.December 18
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The federal government has levied an $85,000 fine against Krounda Medical, saying the organization didn’t fulfill a patient’s request to forward medical records in electronic format to a third party.December 13
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While the American Medical Association supports enabling patient access and sharing of their own electronic healthcare information, the physician group is concerned that a proposed federal rule will put sensitive data at risk.December 12
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Virginia-based Sentara Hospitals will pay the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights nearly $2.2 million to settle potential HIPAA violations.December 2
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The privacy of health information is receiving a significant spotlight as a result of big technology companies, such as Google and Amazon, making moves into the healthcare industry.November 15
AssociateMirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
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HITRUST is offering new tools and a methodology intended to help organizations automate and improve the effectiveness of managing third-party risk.November 14
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How NIST’s assessments of key characteristics for distributed computing can help measure maturity.November 11
