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Daily Dashboard | OCR Not Fully Enforcing HIPAA; Revisions Called For Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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A recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General concludes the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) did not meet all of its enforcement and oversight requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). According to FierceHealthIT, the report criticizes the OCR for not completing privacy impact assessments, among others, for two of three systems that oversee the Security Rule. Meanwhile, the Health IT Policy Committee has recommended HHS revise certain delayed plans to revamp the HIPAA accounting of disclosures rule and roll out pilot tests prior to implementing a final rule. Additionally, the Bipartisan Policy Center has issued a report stating that HIPAA is “misunderstood, misapplied and over-applied” and is burdensome toward improved patient care.
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