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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Feb. 7, 2012
In November 2011, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began audits to assess compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Breach Notice, and Security Rules. The OCR compliance audits will be conducted by KPMG LLP and generally will consist of an initial document request, an onsite visit by the auditors, and then negotiation of an audit report.
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Mar. 16, 2021
"[P]erhaps more importantly than the deadline guidance, [EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2021-01] notes that plan fiduciaries must make 'reasonable accommodations' to minimize the possibility of individuals losing benefits/rights because of a failure to comply with deadlines."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Aug. 2, 2020
"[HHS] has closed an investigation into a Rhode Island health system stemming from a 2017 breach.... The incident is a reminder to all HIPAA-regulated organizations, whether covered entities or business associates, of the necessity of encrypting all mobile data devices.... [A]ccess to encrypted data does not constitute a breach."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Mar. 26, 2020
"Code Section 139 provides that individuals may exclude 'qualified disaster relief payments' from gross income.... So, what do these expenses include?"
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Mar. 23, 2020
"Employers are responding to COVID-19 by allowing, and even mandating remote working.... While increasingly common even before the virus, remote work brings its own unique set of cybersecurity challenges. Here are the ten most common pitfalls and the recommended solutions."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
June 5, 2019
"Indiana-based Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) agreed to pay $100,000 to the [HHS] Office for Civil Rights (OCR). MIE provides electronic health record and related services to healthcare entities. MIE also committed to a two-year corrective action plan to resolve potential violations of the [HIPAA] Privacy and Security Rules. Separately, MIE agreed to pay $900,000 to 16 states whose attorneys general had sued the company over a related data breach. The suit was the first of its kind premised on a HIPAA violation."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Sept. 24, 2018
"[The DOL found that by not counting FMLA leave as active service, the employee neither lost a benefit that accrued prior to the taking of leave nor accrued any additional benefit to which he or she would not otherwise have been entitled. The DOL repeated its longstanding position that such practices do not violate the FMLA 'as long as employees on equivalent types of leave receive the same treatment.' "
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
June 19, 2018
"One aspect of security that is lurking in plain sight is the workstation. The Security Rule ... focuses on two key areas: [1] controls on physical access to the facility or area where systems which process Protected Health Information (PHI) operate; and [2] protecting the individual system components like workstations. The May OCR newsletter highlights some important issues relating to the workstations that handle PHI."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Mar. 20, 2018
"Sponsors should consider whether they want to adjust retirement plan administration ... Particularly: [1] Should the more lenient hardship rules be adopted? (Effective as early as 2019 plan year and may require a plan amendment.) [2] Should the California wildfire relief be adopted? (May require changes to plan policies and/or a plan amendment.) ... [3] Will the plan accept repayments of a tax levy? (May require a change to plan policies and/or a plan amendment.... May be effective immediately[.])."
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Poyner Spruill LLP via JDSupra
Dec. 6, 2015
"[W]hat can covered entities and business associates learn from [recent] enforcement actions? [1] Encrypt! Encrypt! Encrypt! ... [2] Risk analyses.... [3] Device management.... [4] Hard-copy PHI.... [5] Training.... [6] Incident response.... [7] Audit preparedness."
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