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Collected by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Archived since: Sep, 2013

Description:

This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.

Subject:   Government - US Federal Science & Health

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Title: Obama administration takes additional steps to strengthen the federal background check system

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/03/obama-administration-takes-additional-steps-to-strengthen-the-federal-background-check-system.html

Description: Today, as part of President Obama's continuing efforts to reduce gun violence, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove unnecessary legal barriers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that may prevent states from reporting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

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Title: HHS strengthens patients' right to access lab test reports

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/02/03/hhs-strengthens-patients-right-to-access-lab-test-reports.html

Description: As part of an ongoing effort to empower patients to be informed partners with their health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken action to give patients or a person designated by the patient a means of direct access to the patient's completed laboratory test reports.

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Title: County Government Settles Potential HIPAA Violations

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/03/07/county-government-settles-potential-hipaa-violations.html

Description: Skagit County, Washington, has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.

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Title: Stolen laptops lead to important HIPAA settlements

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/22/stolen-laptops-lead-to-important-hipaa-settlements.html

Description: Two entities have paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.

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Title: Data breach results in $4.8 million HIPAA settlements

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/07/data-breach-results-48-million-hipaa-settlements.html

Description: Two health care organizations have agreed to settle charges that they potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules by failing to secure thousands of patients' electronic protected health information (ePHI) held on their network.

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Title: $800,000 HIPAA settlement in medical records dumping case

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/06/23/800000-hipaa-settlement-in-medical-records-dumping-case.html

Description: Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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