Healthcare Document Retention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 192: Business Issues for Healthcare with Ira Bedenbaugh and Randi Branham of Elliott Davis
Business Better Podcast Episode: Cyber Adviser – Your Data, My Headache: Consumer Health Data Laws
Conducting Healthcare Compliance Investigations
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Keeping an Eye on HIPAA Trends with Shannon Hartsfield
Podcast - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and How to Comply with HIPAA & State Privacy Laws
Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 10
Business Associates Here, There, and Everywhere: When Does Your Service Provider Really Need to Sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement?
Patient Data and Privacy
Changing Telehealth Rules
De-Identification Under HIPAA and GDPR
Data Security Standards Audits
Compliance Programs and Doubt Mining
Employment Law Now VI-121 - Top 5 Fall Things You Need To Know
An Inside Look as a Juror - FCRA Focus Podcast
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published Final Regulations under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule introducing greater protections for information related to...more
The healthcare industry remains a popular target for ransomware attacks. If you haven’t been impacted by a ransomware attack, it’s likely only a matter of time before someone you do business with or buy services from is...more
The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to eliminate the federal constitutional right to abortion continues to alter the legal landscape across the country. On April 26, 2024, the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently updated its controversial, year-old guidance document on the use of online tracking technologies by healthcare providers and other...more
Is your organization a business associate? You could be subject to enforcement action if you fail to protect health information within your control from ransomware attacks. In October, for the first time, the U.S....more
As organizations begin renewing and entering into new contractual relationships for 2024, an oft-forgotten aspect of the contracting process is determining whether a Business Associate Agreement (a “BAA”) is required. Under...more
HIPAA penalties vary depending on the type of conduct involved. (45 CFR § 160.404). Under HHS’s prior interpretation, the types of violations were all subject to an annual maximum penalty of $1,500,000 for identical types of...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has agreed to settle an investigation against it as a result of a malware infection for $650,000, along with implementing a...more
On November 28, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an Alert to its listservs that a phishing email is being circulated on “mock HHS Departmental letterhead under the signature of OCR”s Director, Jocelyn Samuels”...more
In a recent newsletter, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) encourages health care organizations to review their procedures around authentication and “ensure that they have the appropriate safeguards in place.”...more
Covered Entities and Business Associates may be ringing in the New Year with the prospect of responding to on-site HIPAA audits by federal regulators. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new guidance regarding HIPAA compliance and the use of cloud computing solutions. The guidance is intended to assist covered entities...more
On October 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released HIPAA guidance on cloud computing (Guidance). The Guidance is intended to help covered entities and business associates...more
We watch closely for any guidance to HIPAA covered entities and business associates from the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). Why? Because there is so little of it. Lately, the only...more
As the East Coast prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, covered entities and business associates should take the opportunity to remind their workforce members to safeguard protected health information (PHI) that is...more
On August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a record-setting settlement with Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) for multiple potential violations of HIPAA...more
Everyone in healthcare knows that the next round of HIPAA audits is coming. Covered entities and business associates have long been advised to review and update their HIPAA security risk analyses, have business associate...more
A lot has changed since the HIPAA Privacy Rule was finalized in 2002 and the HIPAA Security Rule was finalized a year later in 2003. The iPhone had not been released (that happened in 2007), Apple had just released the...more
Is your Fitbit data covered by HIPAA? It depends upon where you got it (kind of). If you go to the store and pick up a Fitbit on your own, the data it generates is governed by the user agreement that you click through...more
Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) have recently selected a vendor to conduct the second wave of HIPAA audits. These so-called “Phase 2 Audits” are set to commence...more
According to a recent survey by KPMG, eighty percent (80%) of health care executives report that their information technology systems have been compromised by cyber attacks. Most healthcare institutions, the survey found,...more
Digital health is a growing field that promises improved patient education, wellness, engagement, access to care, and outcomes, among other things. However, with these new technologies come unique regulatory concerns that...more
News from the Health Law Gurus™ is a weekly summary of notable health law news from around the country with helpful links to related content. Check back every week for the latest health law news stories....more
For all covered entities and business associates, September 22 was the last day for business associate agreements (BAAs) to comply with the Omnibus HIPAA Rule (the Rule) released in January 2013. Before the Rule’s release,...more
The New Year is here. It is time to make those 2015 resolutions, and not just those for getting fit and healthy. Resolve now to improve your organization’s compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more