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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Understanding Recent Developments in Health Care Privacy Laws - July 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

This year, the federal government has made significant changes to longstanding health care privacy rules, while state lawmakers continue to enact privacy restrictions on consumer health data. These reforms modify legal...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Stricter Than HIPAA: Is Your Substance Abuse Or Mental Health Program In Compliance With 42 CFR Part 2? - UPDATED May 2024

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To protect patients seeking addiction treatment, the federal government passed strict regulations limiting the disclosure of substance abuse patient records. Substance abuse treatment programs must not only comply with the...more

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42 CFR Part 2 Final Rule Harmonizes Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Protections with HIPAA

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On February 8, 2024, the federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) were revised in part to increase patient protection and streamline patient consent...more

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Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records Now More Closely Aligned With HIPAA

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Today the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized rules published in December of 2022 changing the requirements for handling SUD patient information governed by 45 CFR part 2 (Part 2)....more

Dickinson Wright

[Webinar] Health Care Data Privacy: When Nightmares Become Reality - November 9th, 2:00 pm EST

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Join us for an exciting online event, "Health Care Data Privacy: When Nightmares Become Reality." This one-hour live webinar is a must-attend for anyone in the health care industry responsible for safeguarding health...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Legislation Shakes Up the Florida Healthcare Landscape

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The 2023 Florida legislative session came to a close on May 5, 2023. The Legislature was very active and passed approximately 200 bills, including several that will impact the healthcare regulatory landscape. Once approved by...more

Hogan Lovells

Re-use of health data to train algorithms: European Union EDHS Proposal

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The European Health Data Space Regulation (still a proposal) will bring huge changes to the handling and possibilities of electronic health records in the European Union. It will create a common environment, with...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rules Would Support Better Care, Decrease Stigma,...

Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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HHS proposes significant changes to Part 2 substance use disorder records regulations

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to significantly revise rules governing patient records in substance use disorder (SUD) programs, commonly known as the Part 2 rules, with important...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 10. Privacy Briefs: October 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 9 (September, 2022) - More than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, according to a survey from the American Medical...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 8. Privacy Briefs: August 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 8 (August, 2022) - The Department of Justice (DOJ) seized around $500,000 in Bitcoin ransom paid by two health care organizations in Kansas and Colorado to North Korean ransomware actors...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 5. Privacy Briefs: May 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 5 (May, 2022) - A law firm in Evansville, Indiana, is considering pursuing claims involving a physician who spoke with women at a bar and then allegedly looked up their medical records, the...more

Nossaman LLP

CMIA Amendments Increase Health Care Providers’ Responsibility for Protecting Enrollees’ Privacy

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Newly enacted Assembly Bill 1184 (“AB 1184”) will effectuate revisions to the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act that will require significant changes to the operational practices and risk management assessments of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 7. Privacy Briefs: July 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 7 (July, 2021) - Mayo Clinic is facing three lawsuits from patients who say a former surgery resident, Ahmad Alsughayer, viewed hundreds of their nude photographs in electronic health...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: New SAMHSA Requirements May Necessitate Changes to Business Associate Agreements

42 C.F.R. Part Two (“Part 2”) addresses the protection of substance use disorder (SUD) patient records, which are records held by SUD treatment programs that receive federal financial assistance (e.g., from Medicare or...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 18, no. 1 (January 2021) - The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled its 13th enforcement action in its Right of Access Initiative, first announced in 2019 to support individuals’ rights to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy

Recently the Health Care Compliance Association released the new Health Care Privacy Handbook, 3rd Edition. https://www.hcca-info.org/health-care-privacy-handbook To learn what’s new in the book and in healthcare privacy...more

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OCR Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Proposing Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule

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On December 10, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing its plan to modify the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed HIPAA Changes to Promote Coordinated Care

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Privacy revisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may be on the horizon, with some potential changes that could benefit both patients and the healthcare industry. Other changes, if...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Class Actions Emerge under the HIPAA and HITECH Right of Access Initiative

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In the wake of the 2019 United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) enforcement actions against Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (“Bayfront”) and Korunda Medical, LLC (“Korunda”)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

For Many, 'There Is a Price': Multipronged Efforts Needed to Thwart HIPAA Violators

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 9 (September 2020) - The fact that people are the weakest link in compliance is a truism in the privacy and security world. But just how weak is this link, and how likely is it that...more

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4 Ways to Protect ePHI Beyond HIPAA Compliance

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Given the choice between credit card data and digital health records, cybercriminals prefer the latter. A stolen credit card can be canceled. Electronic protected health information (ePHI) with its treasure-trove of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 8. Privacy Briefs: August 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 8 (August 2020)  -  HHS changed its tone on care coordination and case management in the final Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulation (42 C.F.R. § 2), known...more

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