The Department of Health and Human Services named Timothy Noonan as acting deputy director for health privacy at the Office for Civil Rights, replacing Iliana Peters who recently left to join the health care team at Polsinelli’s Washington office, FierceHealthcare reports. Previously, Noonan was the OCR’s southeast regional manager. This is the second appointment in less than four months. In a statement to FierceHealthcare, OCR spokesperson Lou Burton said, "Tim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position having developed the Southeast Region's Health Information Privacy outreach and enforcement program, and collaborating with OCR's [health information privacy] team in his multiple positions over the years."
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