2009 News Archive

November 2009

• Patient Safety Rule Penalty Inflation Adjustment Effective - 11/23/09

October 2009

• HITECH Enforcement Interim Final Rule - 10/29/09
• GINA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - 10/1/09

September 2009

• New Breach Notification Web Pages - 9/23/09

August 2009

• Patient Safety Rule Penalty Inflation Adjustment - 8/25/09
• HITECH Breach Notification Interim Final Rule - 8/19/09
• Regional Office Privacy Advisors - 8/14/09
• Secretary Delegates HIPAA Security Rule to OCR - 8/3/09
  • Press Release

April 2009

• HITECH Breach Notification Guidance and Request for Public Comment - 4/17/09
  •  Press Release

February 2009

• Resolution Agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. - 2/18/09
  • Press Release
• HIPAA & Disposal of Protected Health Information FAQs - 2/18/09

January 2009

• Launched redesigned OCR Web Site - 1/16/09

• HIPAA and Family Medical History FAQs- 1/13/09

  • Press Release