HIPAA: Keep Your Right of Access Policies on Track
Expect some changes under a new administration.
Recent updates suggest patients’ rights to their health data will likely continue to be a primary policy focus in 2021. And even though experts anticipate changes under a new administration, it’s essential to make compliance a priority.
Background: In 2019, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative and followed that announcement with its first case in September of that year. The OCR has continued to settle cases ever since with its 14th HIPAA Right of Access settlement on Jan. 12.
The 14 cases ran...
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