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Partial Compliance is Not Compliance: OCR Resolves HIPAA Right of Access Investigation Related to A Parent’s Access to Minor Child’s Complete Medical Records

Oct 4, 2021 | HIPAA

Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (CHMC) is the latest healthcare organization to have possibly violated the HIPAA right of access requirements resulting in a settlement, according to an announcement by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department...

Deputy AG Issues New Guidance Regarding Ransomware and Digital Extortion

Jun 14, 2021 | Cyber Law, Government Investigations, HIPAA

In recent years, the United States has seen a rapid increase in major incidents of cybercrime directed at individual citizens, businesses, and government entities. One of the many forms of cybercrimes levied against these groups has been ransomware attacks. ...

Lessons from the Most Recent OCR HIPAA Settlement

Jun 7, 2021 | Health Care, HIPAA

On June 2, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced another settlement of an enforcement action in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative. This is the...

OCR’s Right of Access Initiative: OCR Announces More Settlements

Apr 8, 2021 | HIPAA

The HIPAA Right of Access Initiative by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’(HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) was first announced in 2019. Under the initiative, OCR is committed to vigorously enforce the HIPAA rules that allow patients to access their...

M.D. Anderson Wins Appeal Overturning $4.35 Million Penalty for Alleged HIPAA Breaches

Mar 9, 2021 | HIPAA

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (“M.D. Anderson”) successfully appealed the imposition of $4.35 million in civil monetary penalties (“CMP”). In 2017, CMPs were imposed against M.D. Anderson for alleged HIPAA breaches that occurred in 2011 and...

HIPAA Right of Access Initiative: OCR Announces Two More Settlements

Feb 16, 2021 | HIPAA

CG Attorneys continue to monitor and provide updates regarding the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’(HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, OCR has made a determined effort to...

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