As the coronavirus spreads across the globe and in the United States, providers, businesses, employers, and others are struggling to understand what medical information they can collect and what information they can share. These are difficult questions the answers to which involve considering factors such as long-standing compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, ADA, GINA, state law), the unprecedented times we are in, business risk, and common sense. Our colleague in the Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity practice group published an informative article about the HIPAA Privacy Rule waiver and other medical information questions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
