protected health information

OCR Guidance on Audio Only Telehealth

06/21/2022

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released “Guidance on How the HIPAA Rules Permit Covered Health Care Providers and Health Plans to Use Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth” in June 2022, called “guidance on HIPAA and audio only telehealth” for clarity and brevity in this blog. This guidance clarifies how covered entities can provide audio only telehealth while complying with HIPAA Rules to protect the privacy and security of the participants or patients’ protected health information (PHI).