OCR Enforcement Discretion for Business Associate PHI Use
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights, as part of a broad response to support federal and state health authorities and emergency operations centers who need access to COVID-19-related data, has announced it will exercise additional COVID-19-related enforcement discretion. The OCR enforcement discretion is discussed below. What Enforcement Discretion Will be Exercised? Previously, OCR announced it would [...]