Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2022

Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. Employee misunderstanding of HIPAA right of access.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sometimes failing to comply can carry a big price tag: The U.S. "Providing patients with their health information not only lowers costs and leads to better health outcomes, it's the law," said OCR Director Roger Severino in 2019, in a statement about the first of such settlements.

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Foster Swift

JANUARY 25, 2021

Although the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has loosened some requirements to allow health care providers flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of the patient protections under the HIPAA Privacy Rule have remained intact.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to thirty-eight since the initiative began.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, if a patient posted a family holiday picture and tagged you in the post, a response like “so glad we could get him home for the holidays” will likely earn you a HIPAA violation. If a patient posts something about themselves on social media, there is no HIPAA violation.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

OCR and the Federal Trade Commission wrote to almost 130 healthcare organizations in July 2023 warning them about the compliance risks of using tracking technologies, after these tools were discovered on their websites. Unauthorized consumer data collection through third-party trackers, tags, and pixels.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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