The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces the privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and...more
In Yanakos v. UPMC, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, struck down the seven-year statute of repose in the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act as unconstitutional. MCARE’s statute of...more