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OCR Extends Comment Period on HIPAA Modifications

Published on Thu Mar 18, 2021

The feds added another 45 days to the comment period for a proposed major overhaul of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that was quietly released in December 2020. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is giving the public until May 6 to weigh in on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which includes substantial modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, [...]
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