The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently submitted two reports to Congress setting forth the HIPAA breaches and complaints reported to OCR during calendar year 2020 as well as the enforcement actions taken by OCR in response to those reports. HIPAA covered entities should be aware of the trends identified in these reports and should examine their own compliance in these areas.
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Recent Updates
- DOJ Subpoena Seeks Health Information of Hospital Patients Receiving Gender-Affirming Care: Will Judge Grant Motion to Quash?
- Podcast: 42 CFR Part 2 Final Rule: What’s Changing and What Do You Need to Know? – Diagnosing Health Care
- Congress Creates Yet Another Cliff for Medicare Telehealth Extensions (and We’re Running Out of Metaphors)
- OIRA Memo on Agency Deregulation: Implications for Health Care
- Outside Counsel’s Internal Investigations—Including Those Relating to Health Care—Are Privileged and Protected from Disclosure