News & Analysis as of

Protected Health Information Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Project Nightingale: The Google-Ascension partnership

ethikos 33, no. 12 (December 2019) - On November 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Alphabet Inc’s Google had formed a partnership with Ascension, a Catholic chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors’ offices, and other...more

Akerman LLP

Compliance With HIPAA—Help For Small And Mid-Sized Providers

Akerman LLP on

Based on the results of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Phase 2 desk audits for covered entities, small and mid-sized providers (Smaller Providers) are on...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Building a Health App? Part 6: HIPAA and Other Privacy and Security Considerations

Consumers are increasingly turning to health apps for a variety of medical and wellness-related purposes. This has in turn caused greater amounts of data—including highly sensitive information—to flow through these apps....more

Winstead PC

Is it HIPAA or HIPPA? Either way, it still applies.

Winstead PC on

I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more

Snell & Wilmer

HIPAA and the Cloud’s Shared Responsibility Models

Snell & Wilmer on

Cloud-based service providers (CSPs), like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, offer online access to shared computing resources. As such, they have developed a “shared responsibility model” for how CSPs and companies...more

BakerHostetler

Cloud Service Providers Beware, You May Be Subject to HIPAA Without Knowing It

BakerHostetler on

The use of cloud service providers has exploded in the past several years. According to estimates from Gartner, the market for cloud services is expected to reach $204 billion in 2016. But the use of cloud service providers...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

HHS Designates Cloud Service Providers as Business Associates Under HIPAA

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Cloud service providers that process electronic protected health information (ePHI) are business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), even if the PHI is encrypted and the...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide