tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 23

HIPAA: Use OCR Guidance to Update Privacy Policies

The Windsor decision has effectively changed the meaning of three key terms. Federal law cannot discount same-sex marriage, declared the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark ruling last year. However, there was no directive from the federal government on how this would affect HIPAA, until recently. On Sept. 17, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance to help covered entities (CEs) understand how the United States v. Windsor Supreme Court decision may affect certain HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements. In the Windsor case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which provided that...

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