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HIPAA Update

In 2012, OCR has entered into four settlement agreements with Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), more than in any year since HITECH went into effect; three of these arose from breach notifications, which had not happened before.

12 minute read October 29, 2012 at 02:41 PM
By
Lacey E. Tucker And Barry B. Cepelewicz
HIPAA Update

Since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, 42 U.S.C. ” 17921-17954 (HITECH) in 2009, HIPAA-covered entities have been living in a new era of increased responsibility and enforcement by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR).

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