HIPAA: OCR Kicks New Year Off With Right of Access Settlement
Adapt policies now to ensure employees know the rules.
Due to the pandemic, HIPAA enforcement actions have been relatively sparse these past few years — with one exception: Right of Access settlements. In fact, the feds ended 2022 and opened 2023 with resolutions under the Right of Access provision. Read on for the scoop.
Background: When the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began its Right of Access initiative in 2019, the agency started out slowly. But with 43 settlements under its belt, including a whopping 19 resolved cases in 2022 alone, OCR seems to be ratcheting up its...
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