Last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling vacating a $4.3 million dollar civil monetary penalty (CMP)...

As more health care entities implement population health and care coordination initiatives, questions arise concerning the application of...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently issued a new fact sheet (“Fact Sheet”) addressing direct liability of business...

Did your organization discover a HIPAA breach in 2018 that affected fewer than 500 people? If so, you have until March 1 to report the...

On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published the “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices...

On December 14, 2018, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks public input on how the...