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There are important lessons for covered entities and business associates in the 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just released. The report is based on their findings from a review of selected covered...

The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has received mixed reactions from healthcare organizations. The downward adjustment of the conversion factor for Calendar Year (CY)...

As we mentioned in a previous article, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will continue to make the Right of Access Initiative a priority. According to a recent announcement, OCR has settled its twelfth enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of...

To say 2020 has been a challenging year for healthcare organizations would be quite an understatement! Yet, for the most part, healthcare organizations throughout the country have handled these challenges impressively well, as demonstrated in...

On December 10th, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to support individuals'...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that is said to...