Notice of Privacy Practices (Effective August 1, 2022; Revised November 2024) THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
This has been a complicated and expensive undertaking for all. However, it has increased patient privacy overall. According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (2024b) enforcement reports, from 2003 to May 2024, over 243 million dollars in fines have been charged to companies and ...
While updates to the HIPAA Rules are made fairly infrequently, there arepending changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, that are due to be finalized in 2024. OCR has also recently announced its intention to improve privacy protections for reproductive health information through new HIPAA rulemaking, and...
Part 1:"Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Rule Brings New Requirements for All Providers," May 10, 2024 Information contained in this alert is for the general education and knowledge of our readers. It is not designed to be, and should not be used as, the sole source of information...
June 4, 2024HIPAA Breach Notice Can Be Delegated to Change HealthcareOCR in Overdrive: Significant Regulatory Changes for the Healthcare Industry – Part 3Holland & Knight Alert Beth Neal Pitman | Eddie Williams III | Shannon Britton Hartsfield...
PRIVACY RULE CHANGES in 2023 HIPAA regulations changed again in 2024 PRIVACY RULE CHANGES in 2024 SECURITY RULE CHANGES in 2024 Review HHS HIPAA Part 2 fact sheet Review Federal Register on Substance Use Disorder Patient Record Regulation Adopting best practices lowers risk, overcomes challenges, and...
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When you make changes to how your practice handles PHI, you should consider the risks. This is an actual process required by HIPAA called “risk analysis.” The process is pretty straightforward, especially for a small practice. You identify the sensitive information that comes through your practi...
HIPAA logging requirements necessitate extensive information system audit logs, including when the data was available, who accessed it, and when it was accessed. HIPAA audit logs also track all changes made to the data, helping keep track of who is responsible for changes and making any internal...
There’s been yet another shift in the ever-changing world of data privacy, and we wanted to make sure (as always) that we’re keeping you aware of the changes. So, here we go... Read More Email Explicit consent and the GDPR GDPR is real (and enforceable) to anyone that does busin...