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OCR Pursues Impermissible PHI Disclosures After Negative Reviews

June 13, 2023
New Jersey psychiatry practice pays $30,000 to settle complaint about disclosure of protected health information in online review
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OCR Settles Five More HIPAA Patient Right-of-Access Cases

Sept. 17, 2020
Launched last year, initiative created to vigorously enforce rights of patients to receive copies of their medical records promptly and without being overcharged
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CARES Act Changes to Federal Substance Use Privacy Law

A summary of the changes to Part 2 under the CARES Act
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AMA Creates Playbook to Help Physicians Share Records With Patients

Feb. 25, 2020
Offers best practices for providing patients with electronic access to medical records
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Who’s Using My Data? HIPAA and Allowed Uses

The recently revealed partnership between Google and Ascension has garnered plenty of reaction as it relates to HIPAA and patient privacy. Here’s a breakdown of the law and what...
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U of Rochester Medical Center Pays $3M Fine for Device Encryption Failures

Nov. 6, 2019
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has agreed to pay $3 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to settle potential HIPAA violations around failures to encrypt...