Electronic Medical Records, HIPAA, Data Protection

HHS Empowers Consumers to Know (and Enforce) their Rights Under HIPAA

by Ryan Blaney | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/9/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published on its website a series of factsheets designed to educate consumers unfamiliar with their rights under the Health Insurance...more

Birmingham Medical News: I-Phone Or HIPAA-Phone?

by Kelli Carpenter Fleming | Burr & Forman on 4/9/2013

With the recent issuance of the long-awaited final rule by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the protection of patient information has been a hot topic among the health care industry the past few months....more

Business Associates Beware

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 2/11/2013

If you haven’t yet caught up with the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule and its consequences for those businesses who are not themselves healthcare providers, but are service providers to healthcare entities (and even further downstream...more

New HIPAA Regulations Affect Business Associates and Subcontractors

by Amy Gordon, Susan M. Nash, Jamie Weyeneth | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/11/2013

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act omnibus regulations recently released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have significant ramifications for business associates and subcontractors of...more

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

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 2/4/2013

Changes to the HIPAA Security Rule Background: The HIPAA Security Rule protects electronic PHI by requiring Covered Entities to implement certain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards surrounding...more

Final HIPAA Rule Has Sweeping Impact on Covered Entities and Business Associates

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the highly anticipated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Final Rule (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule...more

Overview of 2013 Amendments to HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules

by Neville M. Bilimoria, Lisa Clark, Erin Duffy, David Loder, Emmy Monahan, Harry Silver, Dmitry Tuchinsky | Duane Morris LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 17, 2013, the federal Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), issued the long-anticipated final omnibus amendments (the "2013 Amendments") to the Privacy, Security, Breach...more

2013 HIPAA Changes

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the long-awaited revisions to the HIPAA rules, making a number of changes to the current HIPAA privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement...more

The Omnibus Final HIPAA Rule Is Here

by Henry Fader, Sharon Klein, Rebekah Monson | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/29/2013

On January 17, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the omnibus final rulemaking (Omnibus Rule). According to HHS, this Omnibus Rule is needed to strengthen...more

New HIPAA Breach Notification Rule May Prove Costly for HIPAA-Covered Entities

by Lisa Clark, Erin Duffy | Duane Morris LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in accordance with the HITECH Act of...more

OCR Releases Sample Business Associate Agreement Provisions

by Kimberly J. Gold | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/28/2013

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has posted on its website sample business associate agreement provisions to help covered entities and business associates comply with the new business...more

Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans

by Saghi "Sage" Fattahian, Lauren Licastro, Georgina O'Hara | Morgan Lewis on 1/28/2013

Modifications to the rules require action by group health plan sponsors and their vendors, including revisions to policies and procedures and new privacy notices. On January 17, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S....more

Key Elements of the New “Omnibus” HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations

by Colin J. Zick | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/25/2013

On January 18, 2013, nearly four years after the passage of the HITECH Act and its amendments to HIPAA, and nearly three years after it proposed regulatory amendments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”)...more

HIPAA Omnibus Rule Reshapes Landscape for Health Care Privacy, Security Compliance

by Robert Belfort, Anne O'Hagen Karl, Karen Lam, Emily Lee | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/25/2013

Originally published in Health IT Law & Industry Report, on January 23, 2013. On Jan. 17, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (‘‘HHS’’) issued a long-awaited omnibus rule...more

Final HIPAA Amendments Expand HIPAA Net: Business Associates Now Required to Enter into Business Associate Agreements with...

by Lisa Clark | Duane Morris LLP on 1/23/2013

On January 17, 2013, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in accordance with the HITECH Act...more

Be Prepared: Redline Version of the HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule

by Theodore Kobus III | BakerHostetler on 1/23/2013

The final rule is significant for any organization that is considered to be a HIPAA covered entity (“CE”) (health systems, health care providers, health plans, etc.) or the more broadly defined business associate (“BA”)....more

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

by Cory Fox, Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/21/2013

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

HHS Announces New Patient Privacy and Security Protections

by Ryan Blaney | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 1/18/2013

On January 17, 2013, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the final omnibus rule that among other things (1) increases patient privacy protections...more

Health Law Alert: Deficient Data Security On Mobile Devices Leads To First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500...

by Blake Schofield | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients. OCR took action against a hospice provider in...more

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