Department of Health and Human Services

At the American Bar Association’s Physician Legal Issues Conference, Celeste Davis, Esq., of the Office for Civil Rights announced that, effective Monday, June 15, 2015, the Kansas City branch of the Office for Civil Rights will consolidate with the Chicago branch to form the new Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Midwest Region. The new Midwest Region will still maintain offices in both Chicago and Kansas City. This will be the first consolidation in the history of the Office for Civil Rights. Ms. Davis stated that the consolidation will allow the agency to work quicker, smarter, and to be more available to covered entities to assist with compliance.

For more information about this announcement or HIPAA compliance, please contact Adrienne Dresevic, Esq., (adresevic@thehlp.com), or Clinton Mikel, Esq., (cmikel@thehlp.com) at (248) 996-8510.