H.R. 7898, sent to the President for signature on December 24, 2020 may be the HIPAA holiday gift covered entities and business associates have been waiting for. The bill
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Re-Setting the Clock for Responding to Individual Access Requests Under the Information Blocking Rule
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Covered entities beware: a timing pitfall lurks within the recently adopted rules prohibiting information blocking. We have posted about OCR’s “Right to Access Initiative” and numerous enforcement actions taken to…
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Which Privacy Protections Apply? HIPAA, FERPA and COVID-19
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A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that…
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New OCR Resource Adds Guidance on HIPAA and Direct-to-Consumer Health Apps
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A tricky issue for mobile health app developers since the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its first “Health App Use Scenarios & HIPAA” guidance back in 2016 has been…
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Updated OCR Guidance on Contacting Recovered COVID-19 Patients
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The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) provided guidance in June that reassured covered entity health care providers and that it is generally…
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“I Have an App for That”: ONC’s Information Blocking Rule and HIPAA Access Rights
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A patient asks her doctor to send her test results to an app the patient has downloaded on her phone. The doctor worries that the app is not secure and…
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Employer Collection of COVID-19 Data and Employee Privacy
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The following post is adapted from an article written by Fox Rothschild attorneys Wayne Pinksone and Lucy Li, available here.
OSHA recently published guidance for “nonessential businesses” that are…
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Don’t Get Sprayed: CISA Alert Reminds Health Care Entities to Use Strong Passwords
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A joint Alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of new cyber attacks targeting…
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OCR Webinar on HIPAA and COVID-19: Key Points for Covered Entities and Business Associates
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Fox Rothschild LLP partner Beth Larkin listened to the HHS Office for Civil Rights 4/24/20 webinar (which should be posted on its website at some point) regarding HIPAA and COVID-19…
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Dos and Don’ts from OCR’s Guidance and FAQs on Telehealth and HIPAA
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On March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published Guidance and a list of FAQs related to the provision of telehealth…
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