In 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) kept the promise it made the prior year to “vigorously enforce” the rights of patients to access and exercise control over their medical records. OCR has ...

There appears to be some confusion about whether the media can report on a person having Covid-19. Sometimes it is erroneously assumed that all health information is protected, period. This has ...

2020 has been a busy year with HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, from Premera Blue Cross’ $6.85 million settlement, the second largest in OCR history, to numerous right of access case resolutions. Here ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule. If enacted, these would ...

Amid a challenging year, OCR announced a record 19 HIPAA resolution agreements in 2020, the most HIPAA resolution agreements ever announced in one year. Notably, roughly two-thirds of those ...

A number of healthcare professionals and businesses are susceptible to violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) due to outright security failures and compliance ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an urgent need to collect and store a significant amount of information about the health of the population. Employers began monitoring the incidence of COVID-19 ...

Since its inception, Taction Software has dedicated 20 years to mastering the complexities of healthcare software development, electronic health records (EHR) systems, patient data security, and ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has never been the most glamorous law; however, it has undoubtedly enjoyed more of a spotlight in recent years with the COVID-19 ...

Labor for copying the requested PHI (whether in paper or electronic form). This does not include any labor to identify, retrieve, collect, compile, or collate the requested PHI; Supplies for creating ...