Matthew Fisher

HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Uncertainty

By Matt Fisher – 2024 cannot end without a further wrinkle on the HIPAA front. Earlier in the year, the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services modified the HIPAA Privacy Rule by adding language specific to reproductive health care and reproductive health care services.





Register Now for Sharing Health Data Virtual Event

Join us this Thursday, December 12th for Sharing Health Data: Challenges to Solve – Lessons to be Learned, virtual event. Starting at 1pm ET with keynote from Micky Tripathi, ASTP and National Coordinator on the state of interoperability. Learn more about the event sessions.


More HIPAA Access Issues

By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights continues to pursue enforcement actions when alleged non-compliance occurs following a right of access request. Not every settlement provides the same degree of insight or ability to follow OCR’s line of thinking though. That is the case stemming from the latest civil monetary penalty announced by OCR.



Ignore OCR at Your Own Risk

By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced the latest in its ongoing series of settlements or penalties stemming from individual right of access issues under HIPAA on October 17, 2024, which also happens to be the fiftieth such settlement.