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Lynn Sessions

Lynn Sessions

BakerHostetler


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HHS Considers Amending HIPAA Privacy Rule to Permit Disclosure of Mental Health Information for Firearm Background Checks

Adding yet another wrinkle to the nation’s contentious gun control debate, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting information and public...more

5/8/2013 - Background Checks Data Protection Firearms Gun Laws HHS HIPAA Mental Illness PHI

Alarm Fatigue: Joint Commission Considering National Patient Safety Guideline for Alarm-Equipped Medical Devices

The Joint Commission (TJC) recently published a Sentinel Event Alert (Alert) regarding “alarm fatigue,” which occurs when physicians are so overwhelmed by the constant barrage of medical device alarms, most of which do not...more

5/6/2013 - Medical Devices Safety Precautions

HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule - Assessing Your Organization's Compliance Readiness

The long awaited HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule became effective March 26, 2013, but covered entities, business associates and subcontractors will have until September 23, 2013, to fully comply. ...more

4/12/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Data Protection HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH PHI

Can Covered Entities Utilize Text Messaging and Text Paging Without Violating HIPAA?

Text messaging allows healthcare providers to deliver simple, relevant, and customizable health information instantaneously to their patients, like reminders to obtain a vaccine, take a medication or come to an important...more

3/11/2013 - Data Protection HIPAA PHI Texting

Special Edition: Health Law Update - February 28, 2013

In This Issue: - A Baker's Dozen of Significant Changes From the HIPAA/HITECH Rule 1. Business Associates and Subcontractors 2. Breach Notification 3. Covered Entity Organizational Structures 4. Cloud...more

3/1/2013 - Business Associates Cloud Computing Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection GINA HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH Notice Requirements OCR PHI Subcontractors

Health Law Update - What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued, on January 17, 2013, its final omnibus rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security rules as well...more

1/29/2013 - Business Associates Covered Entities Cyber Insurance Data Protection HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH OCR Risk Assessment Risk Management

OCR'S Breach Settlement: The First Ever Involving Less Than 500 Patients

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached "the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500...more

1/21/2013 - Compliance Data Breach Data Protection Electronic Medical Records Encryption HHS HIPAA HITECH HONI Mobile Devices OCR Patient Confidentiality Breaches PHI Settlement

Health Law Update — January 10, 2013

In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more

1/14/2013 - American Taxpayer Relief Act CMS Data Breach Electronic Medical Records Fraud Healthcare OCR OIG Overpayment Recovery Time Limits Pay-for-Performance Reporting Requirements Settlement

Reminder Annual OCR Breach Reporting is Due March 1, 2013

The breach notification interim final rule requires covered entities to submit to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notice of breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) (45 C.F.R. 164.408) by March 1, 2013....more

1/2/2013 - Data Breach Health Information Technologies HIPAA HITECH OCR PHI Reporting Requirements

State Fines Hospital For Patient Confidentiality Breach; Requires HIPAA Training For Executives

A California hospital that disclosed a patient’s medical record in response to a California Watch investigative report on the alleged inappropriate billing practices of the hospital’s parent organization was recently cited by...more

12/13/2012 - Data Breach Data Protection Healthcare Healthcare Professionals HIPAA Hospitals Personally Identifiable Information

OCR Releases De-Identification Guidance

The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently released guidance intended to assist covered entities in understanding what de-identification is, the general process by which de-identified information can be created, and the...more

12/12/2012 - De-Identification HHS HIPAA OCR Safe Harbors

CMS's Privacy Problem: Data Breaches, Medicare Numbers, and Inaction

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published a report, CMS Response to Breaches and Medical Identity Theft (“Report”), which referenced 14 breaches of medical information...more

11/30/2012 - CMS Data Breach HITECH Identity Theft OIG

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