OCR Settles Five Privacy Rule Violations
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 [...]
Would You Sell PHI? The Shocking Results of a Healthcare Study
Would you sell PHI as a healthcare worker? A new study reveals that many students soon to enter the workforce as a healthcare worker would. The results of the [...]
OCR HIPAA Guidance: COVID-19 Plasma Donation
To clear up previously released guidance, the Office for Civil (OCR) released new guidance regarding contacting recovered COVID-19 patients for plasma donation. The OCR HIPAA guidance reinforces [...]
Exposure Notification Privacy Act Aims to Regulate Contact Tracing Apps
Recently, a bipartisan group of United States Senators introduced the Exposure Notification Privacy Act (ENPA). This bill aims to regulate exposure notification and contact tracing apps [...]
What are HIPAA Policies and Procedures Templates?
HIPAA Policies and Procedures Templates are form documents that relate to a particular area of HIPAA compliance. HIPAA Policies and Procedures templates provide information on what an organization must [...]
SAMHSA Proposes Changes to Substance Abuse Privacy Regulations
42 CFR Part 2 is a federal regulation that requires substance abuse disorder treatment providers observe privacy and confidentiality restrictions with respect to patient records. These regulations, together with [...]
HIPAA Wiki: A Brief Summary of HIPAA Rights
The Hawaiian language has a memorable equivalent of the English word for “fast”: “wikiwiki.” The term “wikiwiki” can be spoken quickly. Similarly, when a person looks up a “wiki” [...]
HIPAA Media Access: Film Crews in Healthcare Facilities
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 [...]
HIPAA Patient Privacy
One of the many misunderstandings in circulation about HIPAA is over how it protects - and when it does not protect - patient privacy. HIPAA patient privacy is regulated [...]
When Can a Covered Entity Deny a Request to Amend PHI?
The HIPAA Privacy Rule permits patients to request that PHI contained in their medical records, be amended. The right is not unlimited, however, and a covered [...]
