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HHS ISSUES FINAL BREACH NOTIFICATION RULES – The end of “no harm, no foul”?
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its long-awaited “Final Rule”[.pdf] meant to strengthen various HIPAA/HITECH privacy and security rules related to individuals’ health information. The 563 pages of federal regulations contain numerous rule modifications. Notably with respect to the scope of this Blog, there are significant changes to the Breach Notification Rule for protected health information (PHI). When originally issued as an “interim final rule” in … Continue reading