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Jill Girardeau

Jill Girardeau

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC


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A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

Changes to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule - Background: The HITECH Act required Covered Entities to notify individuals, HHS, and in some cases, the media, of a Breach of Unsecured PHI. A Business Associate is...more

2/7/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH Notice Requirements OCR PHI Risk Assessment

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: GINA

Background: GINA prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s genetic information in both the employment and health coverage contexts. In 2009, HHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen the privacy...more

2/6/2013 - Discrimination GINA HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH PHI

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

Changes to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule - Background: On October 30, 2009, HHS issued an interim final rule revising the Enforcement Rule to incorporate provisions of the HITECH Act. The NPRM then proposed a number of...more

2/6/2013 - Business Associates Compliance Data Breach Data Protection Enforcement GINA Healthcare Healthcare Professionals HHS HIPAA HITECH Notice Requirements OCR Penalties Privacy Rule

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Background: The HIPAA Privacy Rule governs the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (“PHI”). Prior to the HITECH Act, the Privacy Rule only applied to Covered Entities...more

2/1/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection Decedent Protection GINA HHS HIPAA HITECH Marketing PHI Privacy Policy

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry

On Friday, January 25, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published a final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules (the "Final...more

2/1/2013 - GINA Healthcare HIPAA HITECH OCR

HIPAA Rules... Finally!

Yesterday, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (the "Final...more

1/21/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule Notice Requirements OCR PHI

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