Health IT Strategies reports that the Department of Health and Human Services in its long-awaited privacy rule released Thursday expanded liability of business associates of hospitals, physicians and other HIPAA-covered entities if they release data in ways that violate patient privacy. Called the “omnibus” privacy and security rule because of its broad reach, it updates…
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