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HHS issues PHI guidance for COVID-19 first responders
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issued guidance on disclosing protected health information about individuals who have been infected with or exposed to COVID-19.
OCR eases HIPAA telehealth enforcement for COVID-19 emergency
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights will immediately exercise its enforcement discretion and waive potential penalties for HIPAA violations against health care providers that serve patients through everyday communications technologies during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency, the agency announced.
Bill would align privacy regulations to improve care for SUD patients
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., reintroduced the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act, AHA-supported legislation that would modernize privacy regulations affecting the disclosure of substance use disorder treatment records to better enable health care providers to coordinate care.
Court vacates certain HIPAA health record access requirements
A federal court voided certain provisions in a 2013 rule modifying the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
HHS finalizes HIPAA ‘partial fill’ rule for retail pharmacies
The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule requiring retail pharmacies, which include some hospital-owned pharmacies, to implement a modification to the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs D.0 Standard to identify “partial fill” prescriptions on health care claims for opioids and other Schedule II controlled substances.
AHA comments on proposed changes to SUD patient records regulation
AHA today voiced support for several proposed changes to the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients’ records that would reduce the burden and delay associated with accessing certain recovery services and add declared disasters to the list of exceptions.
HHS finalizes rule rescinding two administrative simplification standards
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule rescinding the standard unique health plan identifier and other entity identifier.
HHS announces first HIPAA settlement involving right of access provision
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Fla.) has paid $85,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights and adopted a corrective action plan to settle a potential violation of the right of access provision of the HIPAA Rules, the agency announced today.
State AGs urge Congress to remove opioid treatment barriers
The National Association of Attorneys General yesterday urged congressional leaders to remove federal barriers to opioid use disorder treatment.