The Office of Civil Rights is providing a 90-day transition period for healthcare providers to come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules regarding telehealth, according to the Department of Health and Human Services OCR.
The transition period will be in effect beginning on May 12 and will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 9, Healthcare Finance reports.
OCR said it would continue to exercise its enforcement discretion and not impose penalties on covered providers for noncompliance during the 90- day transition period.
During the public health emergency, providers did not have to be licensed in the state where the patient was located. They were allowed to treat patients in other states.
Also under the PHE, non-HIPAA compliant platforms were allowed as long as they were not public facing.
Both of these flexibilities are coming to an end with the PHE on May 11, with providers now getting a 90-day grace period. Read more.
