What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - The use of pixel technologies on websites and mobile apps in the health care field has garnered considerable attention from regulators and the plaintiffs’ class action bar....more
SUMMARY - On 27 April 2023, Washington Gov. Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, referred to as the “My Health, My Data” Act (the Act), which takes effect on 31 March 2024. The Act aims to protect Washington consumer...more
SUMMARY - The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS) is proposing changes to the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HHS's proposed changes...more
On 28 June 2022, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed the Office for Civil...more
In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer and Gina Bertolini discuss the incredible value of health care data and how providers can harness the power of data transactions to drive innovation, discovery, and advancements in medical...more
Desiree Moore, Gina Bertolini, and Jackie Hoffman discuss the increasing impact of data security incidents and security breaches on the health care sector. They define what qualifies under HIPAA as a protected health...more
1/21/2022
/ Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular
In Part I, we provided a high-level overview of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its provisions. In Part II, we discuss how HIPAA is applied to mobile health (mHealth) application...more
In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer interviews Gina Bertolini and Desiree Moore about the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy statement regarding the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule and its applicability to vendors...more
10/7/2021
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Records ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
PHI ,
Policy Statement ,
Vendors
As health care providers are increasingly relying on complex and integrated electronic medical record systems, the health care industry has rapidly become one of the most frequent and often vulnerable targets for...more
8/9/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
In the second episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Gina Bertolini discusses the overlay of recent guidance concerning privacy laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...more
3/1/2018
/ Confidential Information ,
Decision-Making Process ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Diminished Capacity ,
Documentation ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Information Sharing ,
Medical Records ,
OCR ,
Opioid ,
PHI ,
Physician-Patient Confidentiality ,
Prior Authorization ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Trump Administration
Background - As many health care practitioners, health information management professionals, and health lawyers know, balancing patients’ privacy interests with the need to access accurate, up-to-date medical information can...more