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Capital Infusion - May 2013: Digging Deeper: A Guide to Health Care Regulatory Due Diligence in Private Equity Deals

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, Amy Kaufman, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/15/2013

Introduction - Investing in the health care industry can be riskier and more complicated than investing in many other industries. Health care providers and suppliers, as well as those companies that interact with them,...more

HIPAA’S FINAL RULE: Putting Things in Perspective – Comments from OCR

by Patricia Shea | K&L Gates LLP on 4/2/2013

On March 22, 2013, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) Director Leon Rodriguez presented the keynote address to attendees of the American Health Lawyers’ Association HIPAA/HITECH Conference in...more

Legal Alert: Final HIPAA Regulations Released: Time To Review Your HIPAA Policies?

by Tiffany D. Downs, Isabella P. Lee, Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 2/19/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") recently released long-awaited final HIPAA Regulations. The new regulations finalize many changes previously proposed to the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules,...more

Health Law: Hospice pays $50,000 for Failing to Conduct HIPAA Security Risk Assessment; Inadequate Security Policies

by Susan J. Freed | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/11/2013

A small non-profit hospice in Idaho agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations that it violated the HIPAA security regulations. The allegations stemmed from a report made to HHS by the hospice after a laptop containing...more

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

by Jill Girardeau | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 2/7/2013

Changes to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule - Background: The HITECH Act required Covered Entities to notify individuals, HHS, and in some cases, the media, of a Breach of Unsecured PHI. A Business Associate is...more

No Harm, No Foul, No More—New HIPAA “Breach” Standards Seek To Provide Consistency, Objectivity

by Aimee Dreiss, Timothy J. Stanton | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2013

Beginning this fall, employer health plans—or their business associates—will have to make more comprehensive and methodical risk assessments following the discovery of an impermissible use or disclosure of unsecured...more

Health Law Update - What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements

by Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/29/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued, on January 17, 2013, its final omnibus rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security rules as well...more

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Capital Infusion - May 2013: Digging Deeper: A Guide to Health Care Regulatory Due Diligence in Private Equity Deals

HIPAA’S FINAL RULE: Putting Things in Perspective – Comments from OCR

Legal Alert: Final HIPAA Regulations Released: Time To Review Your HIPAA Policies?

Health Law: Hospice pays $50,000 for Failing to Conduct HIPAA Security Risk Assessment; Inadequate Security Policies

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

No Harm, No Foul, No More—New HIPAA “Breach” Standards Seek To Provide Consistency, Objectivity

Health Law Update - What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements

What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements (Part II)

What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements (Part I)

HHS Releases HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule

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