There appears to be some confusion about whether the media can report on a person having Covid-19. Sometimes it is erroneously assumed that all health information is protected, period. This has ...
Labor for copying the requested PHI (whether in paper or electronic form). This does not include any labor to identify, retrieve, collect, compile, or collate the requested PHI; Supplies for creating ...
2020 has been a busy year with HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, from Premera Blue Cross’ $6.85 million settlement, the second largest in OCR history, to numerous right of access case resolutions. Here ...
Amid a challenging year, OCR announced a record 19 HIPAA resolution agreements in 2020, the most HIPAA resolution agreements ever announced in one year. Notably, roughly two-thirds of those ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an urgent need to collect and store a significant amount of information about the health of the population. Employers began monitoring the incidence of COVID-19 ...
In 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) kept the promise it made the prior year to “vigorously enforce” the rights of patients to access and exercise control over their medical records. OCR has ...