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Labs Need to Update Notice of Privacy Practices

November 22, 2014
By Ken Stineman
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HIPAA Compliance Reminder Laboratories must now comply with changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that enhance patient rights and provide patients direct access to laboratory test results. HHS had delayed its enforcement of the requirement that certain HIPAA covered laboratories revise their Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP), but as of October 6, 2014, all HIPAA covered laboratories…

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HHS grants patients direct access to laboratory reports

February 3, 2014
By Ken Stineman
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the final rule allowing laboratories to deliver laboratory test reports directly to patients and their “personal representatives.” The rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on February 6th. Under HIPAA, according to the new rule, laboratories that are “Covered Entities” are now required to…

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Renew EU Safe Harbor annually or face FTC penalties

January 23, 2014
By Ken Stineman
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Twelve companies agreed this week to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that they falsely claimed they were abiding by the Safe Harbor privacy framework, but had allowed their annual self-certification to lapse. The FTC has made enforcement of the US-EU and US-Swiss Safe Harbor a priority following recent European Commission’s critisicm that enforcement was…

Tagged: FTC, HIPAA, Privacy, Safe Harbor

Dermatology practice settles HIPAA violations for $150k

January 5, 2014
By Ken Stineman
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Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on December 27th that Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C., of Concord, Mass., (APDerm) agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules with the Department of Health and Human Services, with a $150,000 payment. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/apderm-agreement.html What…

Tagged: Breach, HHS, HIPAA

Copier Costs Health Plan $1,215,780

August 16, 2013
By Ken Stineman
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In April 2010, Affinity Health Plan filed a Breach Report with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, HITECH Act. Affinity reported that a photocopier they had previously leased was purchased by the CBS Evening News as part of an investigatory report and…

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HIPAA omnibus rule deadline for laboratories and business associates

June 20, 2013
By Ken Stineman
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On Jan. 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released the Omnibus Final Rule (“Final Rule”) that affects several aspects of the Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The new rule becomes effective March 26, 2013, and Covered Entities and Business Associates must comply by September 23, 2013. The Final Rule…

Tagged: HIPAA, HITECH

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