Remaining HIPAA Compliant in the Digital Age
New OCR Guidance for Health Care Providers and Consumers on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Communications with a Patient’s Family, Friends, or Others Involved in the Patient’s Care The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided two websites containing HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance documents – one for health […]
Compliance: HIPAA in 2017
HIM: Release of Information
OCR developed HIPAA Enforcement Training to help State Attorneys General and their staff use their new authority to enforce the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. The training course will aid State Attorneys General in investigating and seeking damages for HIPAA violations that affect residents of their states. Videos and slides from live training sessions conducted […]