05
May
2020
HHS Announces Exercise of Enforcement Discretion for Entities Engaged in COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and its Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) have taken a variety of steps to relax HIPAA restrictions particularly pertinent to the COVID-19 response.
First, as covered in an earlier posting, HHS took action to … Read More