HIPPA Guidelines Lifted
Per this morning’s press conference from the White House, HIPPA guidelines regarding tele-health have been temporarily waived:
Under this Notice, covered health care providers may use popular applications that allow for video chats, including Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video, or Skype, to provide telehealth without risk that OCR might seek to impose a penalty for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules related to the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.
Read the full statement from HHS here.
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