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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. 1 Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the Biden administration came into power, the Proposed Rule has not been withdrawn and the initial comment deadline remains in effect as we move into March. In the absence of a change in course by the current administration, comments will be due March 22, 2021. The Proposed Rule would affect how individuals may exer...

security management process – risk management For business associates, the Report examined three components: Breach Notification Rule – Security Rule – security management – risk management. The Report applied a rating scale of 1-5 to covered entities, one being essentially full compliance and five being no evidence of a serious attempt to comply with the rules. Based on this scale and the results from the audits, the Report concludes covered entities generally demonstrated compliance in only two of the seven areas audited: 1) timeliness of breach notification and 2) prominent posting...

Thursday, January 7, 2021 In the final days of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a HIPAA Audits Industry Report (“the Report”), that could be quite helpful to covered entities and business associates for tackling HIPAA compliance as we enter the new year.  The Report examines OCR’s findings from HIPAA audits the agency conducted during 2016-2017 of 166 healthcare providers and 41 business associates. The audits were intended to examine mechanisms for compliance, identify promising practices for protecting the privacy...