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May we? Must we? Should we? Shall we? What Can Schools Do About Non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct. Sunday, January 17, 2021 The Title IX regulations that went into effect in August 2020 significantly narrowed the scope of conduct that the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) defined as violating Title IX, the broad law prohibiting sex or gender discrimination in education.  These regulations have the force of law. Carved out of Title IX coverage was ...

Get Permission The Department of Health and Human Services has slapped insurer Excellus Health Plan with a $5.1 million settlement in the wake of a 2015 breach that affected more than 9.3 million individuals. Excellus, which serves upstate and western New York, in September 2015 filed a breach report stating that intruders had gained unauthorized access to its information systems, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights says in a statement Friday. The Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan reported that th...

Get Permission In a ruling that could have a profound impact on HIPAA enforcement, a U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated a $4.3 million HIPAA civil monetary penalty levied by federal regulators against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the wake of three breaches involving unencrypted mobile devices. The court called the penalty “arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law.” In its ruling, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Louisiana was critical of the Department of ...

Friday, January 15, 2021 The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently published its findings from audits conducted in 2016 and 2017 of covered entities’ and business associates’ compliance with selected provisions of HIPAAs Privacy, Breach Notification, and Security Rules. The audits included health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses, and business associates. In short, OCR found material noncompliance with HI...

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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...

Privacy attorney David Holtzman of consultancy HITprivacy Look for the Biden administration to put health data privacy and security on the front burner next year. As attorney general for California, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Designate Xavier Becerra developed a track record as a proponent of consumer privacy initiatives. Most recently, his office developed and implemented the regulations for the roll-out of the California Consumer Privacy Act. He also took an active...

Ocr represents and reflects -- >> just say it. >> -- the america that trumps base is afraid of. we are literally witnessing -- >> are you talking about brown folks? >> the demographic revolution is under way. we are witnessing the rise of the new american majority right now and it is people of color who are ultimately going to be the majority of the population and most of the american majority is more progressive than center. so you have the trump base and thus trump, who really look at aoc as a...

Critical. we need a lot of them. >> the economy booming. unemployment low. truck drivers your age, no offense to your age, youve had a long career but guys like you are retiring. >> this is true. your body can take so much after a length of time. the trucks are getting better but you wear out. >> antonio, you can make a living at this, yes? >> yes. i did ocr about 3 1/2 years. >> thanks, ed. if you need a job. >> ed: thanks, jeff. i might need that. thanks for joining us. im ed henry. catch me o...