For only the second time in its history, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has imposed civil monetary penalties (CMPs) on a health care provider for HIPAA violations. Lincare, Inc. d/b/a United Medical (Lincare) was found to have violated HIPAA when the estranged husband of one of its managers… Continue Reading
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HIPAA Webinar: Updates to The Privacy Rule
Posted in Rulemaking, WebinarPlease join us this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 for a complimentary webinar to further discuss the release of the Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This is the first in a three-part miniseries following last month’s webinar, where we focused generally on the sweeping changes to the HIPAA Privacy… Continue Reading