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COVID vaccines: When is an employee’s vaccination status HIPAA-protected?

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Whether an employee’s vaccination status is protected by HIPAA has been (or should be) on the minds of all human resources personnel as of late. This is especially true in the wake of the U.S. Department of Labor’s...more

Foley Hoag LLP

HHS OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, and the Workplace

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On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)issued guidance to help the public understand when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more

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OCR Speaks To HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Privacy, And The Workplace

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When use or disclosure of an individual’s health information or medical records is at issue, the assumption seems to be, much more often than not, that the HIPAA privacy and security rules apply. This has certainly been the...more

Fisher Phillips

Flu Season And Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Will Shine A Spotlight On Workplace Vaccination Policies

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As the flu season approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, employers’ mandatory vaccination policies may soon become more important than ever. For several reasons, those policies will also attract unprecedented...more

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With COVID-19 Resurgent, Employers Confront Privacy and Information Security Issues When Testing Employees for COVID-19

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With the resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the United States, employers are facing growing pressure to ascertain whether their employees have contracted the virus. Temperature checks and symptoms screening, while...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Mandatory COVID-19 Testing: Is Your Skilled Nursing Facility Prepared?

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many states now are requiring mandatory testing of residents and employees of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, including West Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. Other...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

COVID-19: Balancing Employee Safety and Privacy

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As we face uncertain times amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a question on the top of many employers’ and employees’ minds is what to do if someone tests positive for or displays symptoms of COVID-19? Is HIPAA implicated? What...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: Update on Best Practices for Employers

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Since releasing our Advisory on January 30, 2020, there have been significant developments in connection with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19” or “Coronavirus”). For example, on February 25, 2020, the U.S. Centers for...more

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HIPAA Privacy and Coronavirus

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With the recent spread of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it is an important time to examine what information employers may share under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule during an outbreak of infectious disease or other emergency situation....more

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Can your Company be Protected from the Risk of an “Unfit to Work” Partner?

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The President of First Bank of Buxboro Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux is growing older, and he’s showing it. Despite tightening bank regulations on lending and credit documentation, Big Daddy seems to be getting even more lax....more

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