On June 25, 2024, the Final Rule issued by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that amended the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became effective as a means of further protecting personal health information (PHI) related to reproductive healthcare privacy. Following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs
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HHS OCR Announces Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency HIPAA Notifications of Enforcement Discretions
By John W. Kaveney on
Posted in Healthcare
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on April 11, 2023 that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretions issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would be expiring at 11:59 p.m. on May 11, 2023 due to the expiration of the PHE. A copy of the notice of…