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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

After a Breach Is Too Late: Ensure BA, Subcontractor Compliance Now

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 3 (March 2021) - Sometime during the fall, a worker for a subcontractor of Humana Inc. decided to share actual member information from medical records via a Google document with people he...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SAMHSA Final Rule Expands Permitted Disclosures of Substance Use Disorder Information to Subcontractors

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued a final rule (Rule) updating the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records, 42 CFR part 2 (Part 2), to expand the circumstances under...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SAMHSA Finalizes Second Round of Changes to Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rule

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New federal regulations published on January 3, 2018, clarify when lawful holders of substance-use disorder records may use and disclose patient identifying information for payment, health care operations, and audits and...more

Akerman LLP

HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Imposes New Obligations on Business Associates

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On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services/Office for Civil Rights (HHS/OCR) published in the Federal Register (78 Fed. Reg. 5566) the long-awaited final rule titled Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy,...more

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