David Holtzman, Executive Advisor at CynergisTek sits down to discuss how HIPAA allows sharing PHI during the COVID-19 emergency and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Notice of Enforcement Discretion and their announcement to healthcare providers and their associates. The recent announcement to healthcare providers states that they will not be subject to penalties for noncompliance with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules in connection with their “good faith” participation in the operation of community-based testing sites (CBTS) during the COVID-19 emergency. 

View the HHS.Gov Visio-Emergency Preparedness Disclosures chart: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/emergency/emergencyprepdisclose.pdf 

Read the latest article from David Holtzman about how OCR relaxed HIPAA Rules for COVID-19 testing sites: https://bit.ly/3eBZKmp.