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You Could Suspend Some HIPAA Privacy Provisions in Emergency

Published on Thu Jul 05, 2018

Don’t count on a suspension, but know your leeway when these particular circumstances apply. The only situation in which the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule provisions could be suspended are if the President of the United States declares a state of disaster and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) declares a public health emergency. [...]
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