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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: 2020 was a year of unprecedented circumstances and change, and more change is coming in 2021—this time, in the form of significant modifications to the nationwide permitting program. On September 15, 2020, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to reissue and modify nationwide permits (NWPs), ahead of the usual five-year reauthorization schedule for the current 2017 NWPs. The Corps is authorize...

The Settlement In a Tuesday statement, HHS OCR says its settlement with Banner Health came after two complaints. In the first complaint, a patient said she requested access to her medical records in December 2017 but did not receive the records until May 2018. The second complaint alleged that another individual requested access to an electronic copy of his records in September 2019, but the records were not sent until February 2020. “This first resolution of the year signals that our right...

Missouri Lawmaker Introduces Adult Use Bill, Gutting Current State Program January 6, 2021 Proposed Changes to State Medical Marijuana Program Missouri legalization enthusiasts are talking about possible changes to pot laws as we roll into this new year. As Missourians have become more familiar with the state’s budding medical marijuan industry, one  lawmaker has introduced a measure that would allow for adult recreational use. House Joint Resolution 30, introduced by Rep. Shamed Dogan, a...

Rita Bowen, vice president of privacy, compliance and health information management policy, MRO Corp. As federal regulators intensify their focus on compliance with requirements to provide patients with access to their health information, healthcare organizations need to sort through a variety of emerging challenges, says health information management and privacy expert Rita Bowen. The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has issued more than a dozen HIPAA settlements...

Eliminates Certain Form 99 Filings with the Investor Protection Bureau of the Department of Law Background Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), permits the sale of securities by issuers of those securities without registration under the 1933 Act. 1 An issuer claiming an exemption under Regulation D must electronically file Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), thereby notifying the SEC of the Regulation D offering, no lat...

Get Permission HHS Secretary Alex Azar says proposed HIPAA privacy rule changes aim to "break down barriers" in care coordination. The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday issued a long-awaited proposed rule that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Among the changes proposed are: Dropping the requirement for healthcare entities to obtain and retain for six years patients’ signed acknowledgements of notices of privacy practices; Reducing the time from 30 days to 15 days for co...