“For the second time in less than four months, the Department of Health and Human Services has named a new top official to oversee health privacy and HIPAA enforcement.”
“Timothy Noonan, a regional manager for the HHS Office for Civil Rights in Atlanta, will replace Iliana Peters as the acting deputy director for health privacy at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a spokesperson confirmed to FierceHealthcare. The new appointment comes after Peters, who was named OCR’s acting deputy director following the departure of Deven McGraw in October, joined the healthcare team at the law firm Polsinelli in Washington.”
“Peters, who worked at OCR for 12 years, including five as a senior advisor, told FierceHealthcare she left for the private sector to spend more time helping healthcare organizations…” Read the full article here.
Source: OCR appoints Timothy Noonan as acting deputy director after losing its second health privacy lead in 4 months – By Evan Sweeney, February 9, 2018. Fierce Healthcare.
