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OCR eases HIPAA telehealth enforcement for COVID-19 emergency
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights will immediately exercise its enforcement discretion and waive potential penalties for HIPAA violations against health care providers that serve patients through everyday communications technologies during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency, the agency announced.
HIPAA Privacy Rules Support Fund Development
As a foundation board member or hospital trustee, you’ve likely received education about HIPAA, otherwise known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA legislation was enacted to provide data privacy and security provisions to safeguard the protected health information (PHI) of patients.
H-ISAC TLP Green Daily Cyber Headlines - June 28, 2023
H-ISAC TLP Green Daily Cyber Headlines for June 28, 2023.
HHS reminds health care providers of HIPAA’s privacy provisions for media coverage
The Department of Health and Human Services reminded health care providers that HIPAA privacy rules bar them from giving media and film crews access to facilities where patients’ protected health information is accessible without the patients’ prior authorization, even during the current COVID-19 public health emergency.
OCR will not enforce HIPAA rules at certain COVID-19 testing sites
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights said it generally will not impose penalties for HIPAA rule violations on health care provider covered entities and their business associates operating COVID-19 community-based testing sites in good faith for the duration of the current national public health emergency.
HHS finalizes HIPAA ‘partial fill’ rule for retail pharmacies
The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule requiring retail pharmacies, which include some hospital-owned pharmacies, to implement a modification to the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs D.0 Standard to identify “partial fill” prescriptions on health care claims for opioids and other Schedule II controlled substances.
Letter on Notice of Proposed Rule Making Regarding Adoption of Standards for Prior Authorization Attachments
Our organizations urge CMS to not proceed with implementing the prior authorization (PA) attachment standards provisions of the NPRM due to conflicting regulatory proposals that would set the stage for multiple PA electronic standards and workflows and create the very same costly burdens that administrative simplification seeks to alleviate.
Improving the HIPAA Accounting for Disclosures Requirement
The regulatory requirements for ")accounting of disclosures of protected health information,") found in 164.528 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\) medical pri