Corporate TIPS and Compliance Checkup: Privacy Law Concerns with Virus Vaccine Tracking
By Jarman J. Smith on March 31, 2021
Attorney Jarman Smith discusses current privacy law concerns as COVID-19 vaccines are introduced. With emerging efforts to monitor those who have been vaccinated, many companies in the U.S. are struggling to determine how to handle and retain such sensitive health information of their employees or even customers....
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Compliance Checkup: Major Proposed Changes to HIPAA
on February 9, 2021
In December, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with several changes to the HIPAA privacy rule in response to a request for feedback from covered entities in 2018 and 2019. At a high level, the new changes address standards that may make it difficult when transitioning to value-based health care by limiting or discouraging care coordination and case management communications among individuals and covered entities....
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Compliance Checkup: Year End 2020 - No Looking Back
on December 29, 2020
Nicole Thorn outlines takeaways from 2020 that health care providers may want consider as priorities in 2021....
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Compliance Checkup & Corporate TIPS: OCR Agrees to $1.5 Million Settlement with Orthopedic Clinic for HIPAA Breach
on September 30, 2020
Data breaches have been top of mind for a while now, and their risk to the health care sector has never been higher. On September 21, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) settled with Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA (Athens) for $1.5 million for a cyber breach it self-reported back in 2016....
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Compliance Checkup: CARES Act Funding - Reporting Requirements Coming Soon
on August 4, 2020
On July 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted an announcement about the forthcoming reporting requirements for providers who received CARES Act funding through a General or Targeted Distribution....