Tag Archives: PATIENT INFORMATION

HHS proposes important changes to key aspects of HIPAA Privacy Rule

By Ryan Bass, Nancy Halstead, Brad Rostolsky and Vicki Tankle on Posted in Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), is the latest federal agency to jump on the HHS rulemaking bandwagon issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 10, 2020, that proposes pivotal changes … Continue Reading

Patient access to health information at the forefront of government initiatives and scrutiny

By Nancy Halstead and Vicki Tankle on Posted in Department of Health & Human Services Regulations, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Other CMS Developments, Other HHS Developments, Other OIG Developments
Even amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, this year multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in on promoting and enforcing patients’ rights to access their health information. In just the past month, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability … Continue Reading
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