Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) adopted a new proposal to strengthen the ...

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HHS investigators charged with protecting the civil rights and privacy of patients are now assigned to finding and stamping ...

The investigation began in 2018 after Warby Parker reported a HIPAA breach to OCR, revealing that its website was targeted.

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Arecent report put the odds of an asteroid hitting the earth in December 2032 at 3.1%—which is 3,100 times more likely than an organization ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has imposed a $200,000 ...

According to OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer, “HIPAA-regulated entities need to be proactive in ensuring their compliance with the HIPAA Rules, and not wait for OCR to reveal long-standing ...

Most notably, HITECH required the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to conduct periodic HIPAA compliance audits. HITECH also imposed new HIPAA privacy ...