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HHS Amends Substance Abuse Records Confidentiality Rules
Recently, the 42 CFR Part 2 regulations, which serve to protect substance abuse disorder patient records, were revised. Their revised regulation facilitates better coordination of care in response to the opioid epidemic, while maintaining [...]
Failure to Deidentify PHI Exposed Hundreds of Patients
On April 9 students from the University of Delaware contacted the Delaware Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) regarding a research project. The students requested demographic and disability status information on [...]
What Happens to HIPAA Lawsuits?
HIPAA lawsuits - litigation involving a plaintiff claiming violation of a HIPAA regulation - usually do not get very far, as the plaintiffs in a data breach lawsuit against Episcopal Health Services discovered. HIPAA [...]
275,000 Affected by Billing Vendor Breach
Benefit Recovery Specialists Inc., a debt collection and billing vendor based in Houston, suffered a breach. The billing vendor breach affected 275,000 patients as the vendor serviced multiple healthcare entities, including [...]
HIPAA Now: What you Need to Know About HIPAA Compliance
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been a lot of questions about HIPAA compliance and software. At the beginning of the crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released [...]
Importance of BAA Compliance Highlighted by Breach
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) maintains a list of health-related data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. HHS obtains this information from the healthcare organizations and business associates [...]
