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Covered entities and business associates now have a 90-day transition period, ending on Aug. 9, 2023, in which to bring their telehealth practices into compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules HIPAA Rules.

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) in the United States came to an end on May 11, 2023. Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights...

HIPAA covered entities (CEs) longing for the opportunity to dispense with what some would call the more nettlesome aspects of notices of privacy practices (NPPs) will just have to be...

HHS continues the process of transitioning away from the policies enabled by the COVID-19 emergency declarations.

The Office of Civil Rights is providing a 90-day transition period for healthcare providers to come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules regarding telehealth, according to the Department of Health and Human Services OCR. The transition period will be in effect beginning on May 12 and will expire at 11:59 p.m. on August 9. OCR said it would continue to exercise its enforcement