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After much anticipation, the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human services published the HITECH Final Rule on January 25, 2013. The final regulation contains substantive and technical modifications…
The long awaited final rule, released yesterday by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services, modifies the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach and Enforcement Rules and is comprised of four final rules which implement the statutory requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)…
As the year is coming to an end, the industry is speculating the release date of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) final rule. The final rule is expected to address modifications to the Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules, and with the release date yet to be determined,…
On March 13, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST), marking the first enforcement action resulting from a breach self-report required by HITECH’s Breach Notification Rule.
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