Where is your PHI Data Traveling Today?
With most vendors offering and pushing cloud computing solutions and offsite data backup, or guaranteeing offsite backup of data they process for you, many HIPAA covered entities and...more
8/28/2017
/ Church Plans ,
Clinical Trials ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
International Data Transfers ,
Pensions ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Retirement Plan
Preventing unintended or unauthorized disclosure of protected health information is an ever-present goal of all covered entities and business associates. However, protective firewalls and electronic data security measures are...more
Healthcare providers and other HIPAA covered entities receive requests for protected health information (“PHI”) from a variety of sources on a daily basis. Such requests can range from informal requests made during the course...more
RESPONDING TO SUBPOENAS AND OTHER REQUESTS FOR PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION: TAKE THEM AT FACE VALUE -
Healthcare providers and other HIPAA covered entities receive requests for protected health information (“PHI”) from...more
8/24/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
De-Identified Protected Health Information ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First-to-File ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) ,
OIG ,
PHI ,
Physician Compensation Arrangements ,
Protective Orders ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
Stark Law ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subpoenas ,
Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act ,
Whistleblowers
Although the HIPAA Omnibus Rule (the “Rule”) went into effect nearly 18 months ago, the transition period for bringing business associate agreements into compliance with the Rule’s new requirements will end on September 23,...more
Recent Trends in HIPAA Liability -
Since the passage of the 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there has been a substantial increase in HIPAA enforcement actions brought by the Department of Health and Human Services, including...more