Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) launched the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge. The $300,000 challenge seeks solutions that reduce the transmission of coronavirus among people living with kidney disease and/or reduce the risk of kidney damage among people who contract the virus. The ...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has settled its tenth enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative as an enforcement priority in 2019 to support individuals’ right to timely access to their health records at a ...
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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a notice of proposed rulemaking requiring the Department to assess its regulations every ten years to determine whether they are subject to review under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), which requires regular review of certain significant regulations. If a given regulation is subject to the RFA, ...
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Wakefern, ShopRite Pay New Jersey $235K for Fraud Act, HIPAA Violations HealthITSecurity.com Retailer settles HIPAA violation allegations over improper electronic device disposal: 4 details Becker’s Hospital Review Wakefern and ShopRite Settle Slapdash Data Disposal Claim Infosecurity Magazine ShopRite, Wakefern to Pay $235000 in Fines for Failure to Protect Customer Information Abasto, Food and Beverage Industry News View Full Coverage ...
New Haven Pays OCR $202K for PHI Breach of 498 Patients, HIPAA Failure HealthITSecurity.com Connecticut city pays $202K HIPAA fine for failing to terminate former health department employee’s PHI access Becker’s Hospital Review CHSPSC Pays $2.3 Million to Resolve HIPAA Investigation https://ryortho.com/ Aetna, city of New Haven hit with OCR fines after data breach Healthcare IT News City Fined ...
Washington, DC – As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing national effort to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in high risk communities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today detailed that 389,040 state-of-the-art Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid tests have been distributed at no cost to 83 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBU’s) in 24 ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) jointly announced a $12.7 million contract with InBios International Inc., of Seattle, to expand domestic production capacity for two rapid point-of-care tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The first, called the SCoV-2 Ag Detect Kit, detects ...
Today, as part of an ongoing collaboration between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the two departments awarded Hologic, Inc. a $119 million contract to establish additional domestic production to increase diagnostic testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2. This investment will enable Hologic, Inc. to expand production ...
