Health Information Technologies

Hot Companies In Digital Health

by Michael Esquivel | Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 4/23/2013

With venture capital funding of digital health up 45 percent in 2012, according to Rock Health, we're hearing a lot about mobile health apps and healthcare IT. You may be asking yourself what is digital health? Hear my take...more

What the New HIPAA Rules Say About Health Information Technology for Users, Developers and Investors

by Neville M. Bilimoria, Lisa Clark | Duane Morris LLP on 3/13/2013

Health Information Technology Under HIPAA - Central to healthcare reform efforts is the use of health information technology ("HIT"), a broad term that is often used in conjunction with electronic health records...more

Electronic Prescribing And Electronic Health Records Exceptions To The Stark Law

by Audrey Rierson | Carlton Fields on 1/23/2013

The electronic prescribing and electronic health records (“EHR”) exceptions to the federal physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn) were first published in the Federal Register in 2006, yet they...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

First HHS OCR Settlement for HIPAA Breach Involving Less Than 500 Patients Sends Message to Providers

by King & Spalding on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, HHS announced that the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and enter into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) as part of a settlement involving a breach of unsecured electronic protected health...more

First-Ever HIPAA Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients Announced

by Danna Carmi, M. Leeann Habte, Peter McLaughlin, Richard Rifenbark, R. Michael Scarano Jr. | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/8/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for potential HIPAA violations....more

Are Your Mobile Devices HIPAA Compliant? Practical Steps to Ensure Compliance

by Sarah E. Swank | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

Mobile device use is becoming more commonplace in health care. Health care professionals use text messaging to communicate with each other about patient status. Medical schools now provide residents tablets to use as...more

First OCR Settlement Involving a “Small” Breach Focuses on Mobile Device Security

by Joshua Freemire, James Wieland | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

In what is best understood as a follow-up to both the recent settlement with MEEI and the release of its mobile device security guidance, HHS OCR recently released details of a settlement reached with the Hospice of Northern...more

De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance

by Sharon Klein, Anne Davies Newman | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/5/2013

The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the Privacy Rule expressly permits the de-identification of that information, and in doing so...more

Legislative Update Report No. 2012-24 -- Dec 30, 2012

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/4/2013

In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and...more

Reminder Annual OCR Breach Reporting is Due March 1, 2013

by Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/2/2013

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

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - December 12, 2012

by Polsinelli on 12/14/2012

In This Issue: - CMS Clarifies ACA's Federal Match Linked to Full Medicaid Expansion - SCOTUS to Decide Pay-for-Delay Issue - Two More Lawmakers Introduce Drug Compounding Legislation - AHRQ Report Finds Teamwork...more

H.R. 6626: The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act

by Antoinette F. Konski | Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/12/2012

On December 3, 2012, Representative Mike Honda of California introduced The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act (HIMTA), to foster more innovation in the health care industry by removing barriers in...more

Clock Running on Comment Period for Meaningful Use Stage 3 Measures

by Jane Eckels, Sarah S. Fallows, Adam H. Greene, Rebecca L. Williams | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/12/2012

On Nov. 16, 2012, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a request for comment regarding Stage 3 meaningful use measures, taking a step forward in the ongoing effort to define...more

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