Another announcement from OCR: Today, 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 will not impose penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule against health care providers or their business associates for…
Category: Healthcare
No, “triage” doesn’t mean that you get to discriminate against immigrants, the disabled, or any other group
Much of the world first seems to be learning what “triage” really means. Even for many healthcare professionals, triage has never been so meaningful, real, or brutal as it is during this pandemic when ventilators and PPE are in short supply. So who gets treated and who doesn’t when you run out of personnel and…
A tip for HIPAA-covered entities using Zoom
HIPAA lawyer Jeff Drummond has a blog post about the concerns Consumer Reports raised about using Zoom. Jeff focuses on its use for those who are covered by HIPAA, and he has a good tip for covered entities: This highlights two things: think about the services your (sic) are using that get to view your…
Texas Sued Over Coronavirus-Related Restrictions on Abortions
Eugene Volokh writes: Here’s the motion for a preliminary injunction; here’s the heart of the argument (I hope to also post key parts of the state’s brief, when that is filed): Here, in terms of the burdens, the Attorney General’s current enforcement threat operates as a ban, whether for all abortions or for all abortions after…