Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
On March 18, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a Bulletin updating its guidance to HIPAA-covered entities and business associates on the use of tracking technology on websites and mobile apps.
The Bulletin supplements the original guidance published by OCR in December 2022.
According to the…
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas recently announced that a former employee of an East Texas hospital has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for criminal HIPAA violations. Although we frequently report on any civil penalties imposed by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and…
