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Health and Human Services Announces Upcoming Funding Action to Provide $186 Million for COVID-19 Response

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the launch of the Synthetic Health Data …

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OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, Health Information Exchanges, and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Public Health Purposes

December 26, 2020December 24, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued guidance on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act …

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OCR Announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion to Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information During COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced, effective immediately, that it will exercise its enforcement discretion and …