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MGMA asks OCR: Hold UHG responsible for HIPAA breach notifications
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In yet another ripple from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, the Medical Group Management Association has sought assurances from HHS' Office for Civil Rights that the onus for sending HIPAA breach notifications to affected patients would fall squarely on Change and its parent company – and not physician practices and other providers.
WHY IT MATTERS
UnitedHealth Group issued a press release this week where, in addition to other updates, it pledged that it would "help ease reporting obligations on other stakeholders …
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