Note to Mr. Donald Trump: According to HHS’ New Omnibus Rule, You Can Have A Copy of That Birth Certificate in About 100 or so Years Because HIPAA Doesn’t Apply One change under the Omnibus Rule that is somewhat flying under the radar is that HIPAA no longer will apply to a patients’...
“Significant Risk of Harm” No Longer Required to Trigger Breach Notification When it comes to responding to a Breach, what every Covered Entity (CE) and Business Associate (BA) wants to know is “Do we have to notify, or not?” Completing a documented “Risk Assessment” has always been...
Deciphering the HITECH Omnibus Rule: Business Associates Since the HITECH Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was released in July of 2010, covered entities and business associates have been waiting (im)patiently for the Final HITECH Omnibus Rule to be released. As of this past...
FINALLY! HHS Releases the Final HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule. Finally, the long awaited Final Rules are out. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted the HIPAA/HITECH “Omnibus Rule” on January 17, 2013 at 4:15 pm. You can download a copy here, or go straight to the source...
ONC Setting Stage for NHIN Governance Guidance Last year, ONC announced that it would not be moving forward on establishing governance regulations for the Nationwide Health Information Network (now called the “eHealth Exchange”) as a result of the comments and feedback it received. ...
Kaiser Permanente Faces Investigation Over Inappropriate Storage of Patient Records by Contractor Kaiser Permanente is facing investigation over the handling of approximately 300,000 patient records by a contract storage firm. According to an article in the LA Times, Kaiser contracted...
HHS Rings in 2013 with News of Settlement for Small Breach We hope all of our readers had a happy and relaxing holiday season, and we wish you all the best for this New Year! It seems fitting for the first post of the year to revolve around HHS’s announcement of its first breach settlement...