Tag: OCR

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office for Civil Rights _________________________________________________ April 19, 2024 HHS Office for Civil Rights Creates FAQ Webpage in Response to the Change...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office for Civil Rights _________________________________________________ March 13, 2024 HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office for Civil Rights _________________________________________________ October 24, 2023 OCR Webinar on The HIPAA Security Rule Risk Analysis Requirement Threats and vulnerabilities to...

October 19, 2023 October 2023 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter How Sanction Policies Can Support HIPAA Compliance Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Sector...

July 11, 2023 HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Advance Non-discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs for LGBTQI+ Community The proposal reaffirms federal protections against discrimination...

May 16, 2023 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the...

April 25, 2023 For the past 18+ months, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the HHS Office for Civil Rights...

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance to help the public understand when the...

Summer 2021 Cybersecurity Newsletter July 14, 2021 A recent report of security incidents and data breaches found that 61% of analyzed data breaches in the healthcare...

May 25, 2021 Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has...

February 12, 2021 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its sixteenth settlement of an enforcement...

December 22, 2020 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces its thirteenth settlement of an...

December 17, 2020 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry...

November 19, 2020 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces its twelfth settlement of an...

Aetna Life Insurance Company and the affiliated covered entity (Aetna) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the...

Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA ("Athens Orthopedic") has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health...

September 8, 2020 Cyber Alert: Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity OCR is sharing an update with our listserv from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...

An intriguing article on how the Library of Congress is using AI and OCR.

April 30, 2020 Cyber-criminals may take advantage of the current COVID-19 global pandemic for their own financial gain or other malicious motives.  However, resources are...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hosted a webinar on April 24, 2020, for health IT stakeholders on HIPAA privacy and security issues...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is hosting a webinar for health IT stakeholders on HIPAA privacy and security issues related to COVID-19...

April 14, 2020 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be joining a teleconference sponsored by...

March 28, 2020 Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a bulletin to...

Notice issued on January 28th, 2020 On January 25, 2013, HHS published a final rule entitled “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules...