HHS Publishes Technical Corrections to January 25, 2013, HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules
June 7, 2013. Today, HHS published in the Federal Register “Technical Corrections to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules”...
HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement: Willful Neglect
February 20, 2013. Today, we begin examination of HITECH Act modifications of HIPAA Enforcement, focusing on the meaning and consequences...
Final HIPAA Rule: Security Statutory Authority and Direct Regulation of Business Associates
February 4, 2013. Today, we cover the security safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule, as Modified by the Final Rule:...
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Notification Timing, Policy and Procedure Updates, Retraining, and Documentation
February 1, 2013. Today, we wrap up discussion of breach notification in the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy,...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Risk Assessment Factors for “Probability Standard”
January 29, 2013. Today, we cover the four risk assessment factors pertaining to breach notification in the Modifications to the...
HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement
On Friday, October 30, 2009, HHS published in the Federal Register its Interim Final Rule that strengthens HIPAA enforcement under...