The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is the enforcing body of HIPAA. The OCR conducts investigations into potential HIPAA violations, issuing judgments that can result in settlements.
In September of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it settled HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access violations [...]
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 [...]
Lifespan Affiliated Covered Entity (“Lifespan ACE”) is a HIPAA-covered entity. This not-for-profit health system includes three academic teaching hospitals, a medical and mental health services hospital, and Rhode Island’s [...]
From mid-March to mid-July of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was very busy… But not because it was issuing [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued several Notices of Enforcement Discretion during the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, OCR will not [...]
In March of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a series of measures to expand Americans' access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil rights (OCR) issued the first HIPAA settlement for 2020. Steven A. Porter, M.D., a gastroenterological [...]
OCR has conducted HIPAA enforcement by investigating and resolving over 27,109 cases by requiring changes in privacy practices and corrective actions by, or providing technical assistance to, HIPAA covered [...]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigates complaints of HIPAA violations. If OCR determines a violation has occurred, the HHS [...]
The numbers seem to paint an odd picture. In 2018, the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 25,912 health information privacy [...]
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