New OCR director inherits great HIPAA responsibility
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, September 14, 2009
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The government agency that enforces the HIPAA privacy and security rules has a new leader.
Georgina C. Verdugo, former deputy assistant attorney general during President Clinton’s administration, will lead the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), HHS announced Wednesday, September 9.
The ORC enforces civil rights and health privacy rights laws. It investigates complaints filed by the public and provides technical assistance and public education for federal nondiscrimination and health information privacy laws.
Verdugo takes over at a crucial time for OCR. The agency July 27 inherited the role of enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule from CMS. OCR had originally only enforced the Privacy Rule.
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