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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog

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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
July 2, 2014

Happy HIPAA update: OCR getting new Director

Based on reports that HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell appointed Joceyln Samuels to replace Leon Rodriguez, it appears Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has the new leadership it has been awaiting. With this new leadership at the helm, can HIPAA audits be far off? Probably not.