Employee Benefits Blog

Federal Agencies Issue Guidance After Dobbs Ruling

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed HHS agencies to act within their power to protect the rights of patients seeking reproductive care and their providers. Some of the significant guidance HHS agencies issued in […]

July 25, 2022 | 3 min read | Tagged: abortion, CMS, dobbs, HHS, OCR, roe, wade

Sara Van Houten Counsel

2017 HIPAA Enforcement – Appears Not To Be Slowing Down

To state the obvious, there has been some uncertainty regarding how the Trump Administration will affect federal agency enforcement efforts. However, at least, in regard to HIPAA Privacy and Security, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), appears to be unchanging in its previous course. In the first […]

May 9, 2017 | 2 min read | Tagged: audit, audits, desk audit, ePHI, health reform, HHS, HIPAA, OCR, phase 1, phase 2, phase 3, Severino, Trump

Allison B. Bans Counsel