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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights will host four regional meetings to train staff from state and territorial attorneys general offices on enforcement of the HIPAA privacy and security rules.
Speaking March 9 at the National HIPAA Summit in Washington, Susan McAndrew, deputy director for health information privacy at OCR, said the office would pay all expenses for two members of each attorney general office, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com reports.
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