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Video: A Conversation with US HHS Secretary Becerra and California HHS Secretary Ghaly

Video: A Conversation with US HHS Secretary Becerra and California HHS Secretary Ghaly

With 300 to 400 people dying every day from COVID-19, the United States remains under a federal state of emergency. Last week, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, spoke with Mark Baldassare, President and Chief …

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HHS OCR Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Requirements for Tracking Health Information When Using Online Technologies |  health law

HHS OCR Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Requirements for Tracking Health Information When Using Online Technologies | health law

The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a bulletin to highlight the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) about entities regulated under the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Safety Act. Violate notice rules when using online tracking technologies. The bulletin …

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HHS Warns HIPAA-Covered Entities and Business Associates That Use of Cookies, Pixels, and Other Website Tracking Technologies May Violate HIPAA Rules | JD Supra

On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a newsletter warning that commonly used website technologies, including cookies, pixels and session replay, may result in the improper disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) to third parties in breach of the Health Act 1996 Health …

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Health Care - HHS Enables People Living With Hepatitis B, HIV To Join Public Service

Health Care – HHS Enables People Living With Hepatitis B, HIV To Join Public Service

Do you have a “cloak and dagger attitude”? A “general aura of badassery”? Then you might just be the right person to be NYC’s new “Rat Czar.” Today in health, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) marked World AIDS Day by changing its eligibility policy to include people with Hepatitis B and HIV …

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