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    Carol represents a broad range of health care providers and other stakeholders in the health care industry. Her provider clients include health care systems, large medical groups, ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health ...

Delaware Amends Personal Information Protection Law

On August 17, 2017, Delaware amended its personal information protection law, Delaware Code Title 6, Chapter 12B.  The amendment becomes effective 240 days after enactment or March 14, 2018. The amended law significantly enhances the protections afforded Delaware residents whose personal information has been – or is reasonably believed to have been – breached, by adding obligations on the part of a person or entity who conducts business in Delaware or owns, licenses and maintains “personal information” as the Delaware law defines the term. The major changes to the law are ...

Inadequate OCR Technology and Policy Result in Few Consequences for Repeat HIPAA Violators

The Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) is the federal agency tasked with enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA, as most folks reading this know, requires health care providers and other covered entities to protect the privacy and security of an individual’s protected health information (PHI). OCR has broad enforcement authority and wide latitude in deciding how to handle complaints alleging violations of HIPAA’s privacy, security, and breach notification rules. OCR can resolve a ...

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