HIPAA:
Use OCR Guidance to Update Privacy Policies
Published on Thu Nov 27, 2014
The Windsor decision has effectively changed the meaning of three key terms. Federal law cannot discount same-sex marriage, declared the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark ruling last year. However, there was no directive from the federal government on how this would affect HIPAA, until recently. On Sept. 17, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance to help [...]