OCR’s patient access crackdown

October 7, 2019
Briefings on HIPAA

OCR meant what it said in February of this year about patients’ right of access to their medical records. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule enforcer issued its first enforcement action under its “Right of Access Initiative” in September.

OCR’s take on the latest cybersecurity issues

October 14, 2019
Briefings on HIPAA

In an interview with Briefings on HIPAA, Tim Noonan, deputy director for the Division of Health Information Privacy at OCR, discussed cybersecurity and trends in reports of unsecured PHI to OCR. This article includes the highlights.

HIPAA in the 2010s: Key developments

October 21, 2019
Briefings on HIPAA

HIPAA-compliance experts discuss the most significant changes that have taken place since January 1, 2010.

HIPAA Q&A: Right to access, FTP servers, former employees

October 28, 2019
Briefings on HIPAA

Our expert answers HIPAA questions about right to access, file transfer protocol (FTP) servers, and former employees.