The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic visited on America in the past several months has quickly reinvigorated the foundational and important debate concerning where, in a free society, individual autonomy ends (or should end) and...more
9/4/2020
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
OCR ,
Patients ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Privacy Rule ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Security Rule ,
Telehealth
On May 14, 2020, noting that (1) “since the time of the original Stay at Home order, the number of new COVID-19 cases and COVID-related hospitalizations in Louisiana have decreased, with the peak of hospitalizations occurring...more
On March 31, in further response to the public health emergency that he declared on March 11, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued a proclamation announcing further measures to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus...more
On April 30, 2020, noting that “over the last two weeks, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Louisiana has decreased significantly, and there is significant evidence that Louisiana has flattened the curve of the virus”,...more
On April 20, 2020, the Louisiana Department of Health issued an updated notice/order expanding the categories of medical and surgical procedures that may be performed, and issuing further guidance concerning certain other...more
On March 22, in continued response to the public health emergency that he declared on March 11, and due to the “critical shortages of healthcare equipment, personal protective equipment, and possible shortages in hospital...more