Mar 27, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Cyber Law, General, Health Care
On March 18, OCR shared guidance released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, warning individuals to remain vigilant for scams related to COVID-19. According to CISA, “[c]yber actors may...
Mar 27, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Cyber Law, False Claims Act, General, Health Care
According to a press release by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), numerous fraud schemes have developed related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a March 16 memo to U.S. attorneys, Attorney General William Barr directed the DOJ to “remain vigilant in detecting,...
Nov 26, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) imposed civil monetary penalties (CMP) of $3 million and $1.6 million for HIPAA violations in the first half of November. $3 million CMP: Failure to Encrypt Devices In 2010, the University of...
Oct 23, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
Roger Severino, Director of the U.S. Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently provided an update on OCR’s HIPAA enforcement priorities at a conference in Washington, D.C. During his talk, Director Severino noted that patient access to...
