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Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Anatomy of an Agreement: Unique SaaS Contract Structures and Key Terms to Address in the Cloud

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Companies procuring or providing Software-as-a Service (SaaS) technology need some form of contract to govern the relationship between the SaaS provider and customer. As with many intellectual property (IP) and technology...more

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Project Nightingale: The Google-Ascension partnership

ethikos 33, no. 12 (December 2019) - On November 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Alphabet Inc’s Google had formed a partnership with Ascension, a Catholic chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors’ offices, and other...more

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Compliance With HIPAA—Help For Small And Mid-Sized Providers

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Based on the results of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Phase 2 desk audits for covered entities, small and mid-sized providers (Smaller Providers) are on...more

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Building a Health App? Part 6: HIPAA and Other Privacy and Security Considerations

Consumers are increasingly turning to health apps for a variety of medical and wellness-related purposes. This has in turn caused greater amounts of data—including highly sensitive information—to flow through these apps....more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 will cover...more

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Is it HIPAA or HIPPA? Either way, it still applies.

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I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more

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HIPAA and the Cloud’s Shared Responsibility Models

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Cloud-based service providers (CSPs), like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, offer online access to shared computing resources. As such, they have developed a “shared responsibility model” for how CSPs and companies...more

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Cybersecurity 2017: The Year in Preview

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Introduction - Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more

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[Webinar] HIPAA in the Cloud – OCR Guidance on HIPAA and Cloud Service Providers - Jan. 31st, 1:00pm ET

As the health care sector further embraces the benefits of cloud computing, numerous challenges have arisen with applying HIPAA to cloud computing services....more

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2016 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List: Health & Welfare

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As 2016 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. Like last year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 of...more

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Cloud Service Providers Beware, You May Be Subject to HIPAA Without Knowing It

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The use of cloud service providers has exploded in the past several years. According to estimates from Gartner, the market for cloud services is expected to reach $204 billion in 2016. But the use of cloud service providers...more

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HHS Designates Cloud Service Providers as Business Associates Under HIPAA

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Cloud service providers that process electronic protected health information (ePHI) are business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), even if the PHI is encrypted and the...more

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Into the Cloud: New Guidelines for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates

The advent of cloud computing has raised questions about how companies subject to HIPAA can take advantage of the technology while still complying with their privacy and security obligations under federal law. In response,...more

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