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Sands Anderson PC

The HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule has arrived!

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If you are a health care provider and/or someone who routinely performs work involving patient health information on behalf of a health care provider, you likely need to know about the HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule....more

McDermott Will & Emery

New HIPAA Regulations Require Action by Group Health Plans

Final HIPAA privacy and security regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services will require action by group health plan sponsors by September 2013....more

BakerHostetler

Special Edition: Health Law Update - February 28, 2013

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In This Issue: - A Baker's Dozen of Significant Changes From the HIPAA/HITECH Rule 1. Business Associates and Subcontractors 2. Breach Notification 3. Covered Entity Organizational Structures 4. Cloud...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

HIPAA Rules Overhaul Ups Compliance Ante

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Originally posted in Hartford Business Journal on February 11th, 2013. Attention all medical providers, hospitals and any other covered entity or business associate under HIPAA. On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Health...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New HIPAA Regulations Affect Business Associates and Subcontractors

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act omnibus regulations recently released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have significant ramifications for business associates and subcontractors of...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

New HIPAA Rules Expand Breach Notification Requirements

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If your company is subject to HIPAA, new rules published by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) will require changes in your policies and practices regarding data breaches....more

Stinson LLP

Health Law Alert: HHS Publishes Long-Awaited Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule

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On Friday, January 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the long-awaited final HIPAA Omnibus Rule, modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules under...more

Baker Donelson

HHS Overhaul of HIPAA: Summary of New Obligations for Covered Entities and Business Associates

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On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules [PDF] (the Final Rule) under the authority of the HITECH...more

Jackson Walker

The HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Incremental Revisions and a Few Big Pops

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Nearly two years after the first anticipated publication date, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has finally published the "Omnibus" Final Rule implementing many changes to HIPAA called for by the...more

Dentons

Health Care Reform Blog: Who is a Business Associate and Why Do We Care?

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Under the revised HIPAA regulations published on 01/25/2013 business associates and their subcontractors become specifically liable for most of the security and privacy regulations under HIPAA and the HITECH Act....more

Epstein Becker & Green

HEALTH REFORM: Overview of Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules

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On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services released the highly anticipated, 563 page, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") regulations (the "Final Rule") that have been delayed...more

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