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AHA Writes Letter to HHS and Pushes Back on OCR’s Online Tracking Guidance
After OCR created a Morton's Fork for hospitals and health systems by publishing its HIPAA Guidance on the Use of Online Tracking Technologies, the American Hospital Association initially stayed out of...
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Genetic Testing Company Violates Privacy and Security Policies, FTC Says.
Genetic testing companies, and those who partner with them, must take care to ensure that the scope of how consumers’ sensitive data is used and shared in the future aligns with the scope of consent...
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WEBINAR: Managing Risk with Online Tracking Technologies
Attorneys at Oscislawski LLC together with the New Jersey Hospital Association present this highly informational Webinar on compliance steps hospitals can take to attempt to manage the risks associated...
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Penalties for Violation of the Information Blocking Rule Start Today!
OIG’s authority to begin enforcement of the Information Blocking Rule begins September 1, 2023. Certain Actors subject to the Information Blocking Rule may be subject up to a $1 million penalty per...
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Is Your Organization Paying for the Cost of Health Care? You Might be...
OCR reaches a new $1.3 million dollar settlement with a health plan for HIPAA violations. OCR says, "HIPAA-regulated entities need to be proactive in ensuring their compliance with the HIPAA Rules, and...
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Minnesota Supreme Court Finds State Law Permits Health Information to be...
The Minnesota Supreme Court held that HIPAA "authorizes" disclosures for purposes of state law and consent was not required for a hospital to disclose PHI to its institutionally related foundation for...
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Hefty Monetary Disincentives Proposed for Health Care Providers Engaged in...
The Proposed Rule for enforcement is out, and the potential financial “hit” that health care providers may face if the OIG finds them to have violated the Information Blocking Rule (IBR) could be...
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American Hospital Association Sues HHS for its HIPAA Online Tracking Guidance
The American Hospital Association, joined by a few others, has sued the federal government to enjoin them from enforcing their published Guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA...
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Meet New Jersey’s Brand New Data Privacy Act and Its Impact on Healthcare...
The New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA) was enacted on January 16, 2024. Although PHI collected by a HIPAA CE or BA is excluded from the NJDPA HIPAA CEs and BAs are NOT wholly excluded from compliance...
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42 C.F.R. Part 2 Final Rule Amending Privacy of Substance Use Disorder...
The Final Rule amending 42 CFR Part 2 finalizes changes that will align uses and disclosures of Part 2 information with HIPAA for treatment, payment & health care operations. Part 2 providers and...
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