In case you missed the OCR announcement late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was imposing a civil money penalty of $4.3 million dollars against Cignet Health for various violations of HIPAA. These penalties were based upon the violation categories and increased penalty amounts authorized by the HITECH Act;
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Subscribe to HIPAA Compliance RSS FeedHHS Withdrawing Breach Notification Final Rule – Temporarily
Posted in Data Breach Notification, HIPAA Compliance, PrivacyThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it was temporarily withdrawing the breach notification final rule from review of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow HHS further time to consider these regulations. The breach notification rule, among other things, requires covered entities to notify individuals whose protected health information
HHS Requests Information on TPO Accounting of Disclosures
Posted in HIPAA Compliance, HITECH Act ComplianceThe Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently requested comments related to its upcoming rulemaking under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. HITECH expands the current HIPAA Privacy Rule requirement that a covered entity provide