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Health Care Providers State Data Breach Notification Statutes

Quarles & Brady LLP

Recent Updates in Data Privacy & Security for Health Care Entities

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March was a busy month for data privacy and security, especially as it relates to health care entities. To help keep you up to date with the changes, we’ve included a few highlights for you below... ...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - April 25th - 28th, Chicago, IL

Each Academy provides three-and-a-half days of classroom-style training covering the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s compliance program. They are ideal for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a Medicaid managed care plan, said one of its vendors, Jelly Bean Communications Design, experienced a security incident...more

Carlton Fields

10 Steps for Responding to a Telehealth Data Breach

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Thus far, telehealth breaches have been exceedingly rare, but as telehealth is increasingly used, telehealth data breaches and similar incidents may become more commonplace. Here are 10 steps for responding to a telehealth...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Deadline for SHIELD Act Raises Questions for HIPAA Entities

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As the March 21 deadline for the New York SHIELD Act draws closer, health care providers may be wondering: does their status as a covered entity under HIPAA, and its associated data security protections, automatically...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Enacts Budget that Includes Provisions Affecting Health Care Providers

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law Public Act No. 19-117 (PA 19-117), which contains provisions affecting health care providers, including revisions to the hospital provider tax, a prohibition on...more

McDermott Will & Emery

2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Data

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Introduction - The past year was an active one for data privacy and security legislation and enforcement. Protection for certain personal data was enhanced internationally by the EU General Data Protection Regulation...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update January 2019 #4

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2019 AG Elections- Republican Daniel Cameron Announces Bid for Kentucky AG- Daniel Cameron, a Republican, has announced his candidacy for Kentucky AG in 2019....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HIPAA and Health Care Data Privacy - 2018 Year-in-Review

Today, we’re looking back at HIPAA and other privacy and security developments in 2018. This past year saw continued HIPAA enforcement (including the largest ever fine for a HIPAA breach), reminders from the OCR on best...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

States Taking Actions Against Health IT Companies Over Data Breaches

Twelve state attorneys general have brought suit against two medical Information Technology companies. The AGs allege that the companies, Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC, had poor...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Sweeping New Colorado Data Privacy Law Impacts Health Care Industry

On May 29, 2018, the governor of Colorado signed into law HB 18-1128 (the “Privacy Law”), which made sweeping changes to Colorado’s data privacy laws and which will affect nearly every Colorado business and government entity....more

Bennett Jones LLP

New Breach Notification Under Alberta's Health Information Act

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As of August 31, 2018, custodians and their affiliates will have obligations to provide breach notifications under Alberta’s Health Information Act....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018 #2

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Cisco is warning customers using its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software about a virtual private network (VPN) bug that could "allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2017 #2

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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law the Cyber Civilian Corps Act, which established the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, dubbed MiC3. The corps has been in existence for three years but not statutorily deployed. ...more

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ALERT: Prepare to be Ransomed: A Primer on Legal Obligations Before and After Ransomware Strikes

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According to a recent U.S. Government Interagency report, ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat, targeting users of all types. An incredible 51 percent of respondents in a January 2017 study by the Ponemon...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Tennessee Enacts Changes to Data Breach Statute

Businesses in the State of Tennessee should take note of several significant changes to Tennessee's data breach statute that take effect for data breaches occurring on or after July 1, 2016. Currently, Tennessee Code...more

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