11 HIPAA Right of Access Violations Brings $646,000 in Fines

Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. An examination of the specifics of each incident cites several reasons by the covered entities for not providing the requested records, including: Complete failure to [...]

2023-07-26T14:18:12-04:00July 18th, 2022|

What is a HIPAA Limited Data Set?

Under HIPAA, a limited data set is protected health information (PHI) that excludes certain direct identifiers of an individual, or certain direct identifiers of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual.  What is a Direct Identifier? Under HIPAA, a direct identifier is Information that relates specifically to an individual. HIPAA designates the following information as direct identifiers: Names Postal address information, other [...]

2023-08-17T15:07:29-04:00February 11th, 2020|