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Top 10 in Law Blogs: Offensive Trademarks, Cybersecurity, Phishing
Ah, back at it for another week. And, as seems to always be the case, cybersecurity is a big topic for discussion—but now more than ever, financial regulators are getting…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
Delay of HIPAA Phase Two Audits: Preparing for the Inevitable
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) tasked the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) (the division of the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for enforcing the…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Protecting Health Information in the Context of Divorce Proceedings and Domestic Relations
My colleagues Michael Kline and Elizabeth Litten recently co-wrote a series of blog posts for the firm’s HIPAA, HITECH and HIT blog containing valuable information for individuals either undergoing divorce…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Ebola’s Out of the Country for Now, But if it Returns, Hospitals Best Mind Patient Privacy
Since September, when Thomas Eric Duncan was first admitted to a hospital, Ebola-fever spread throughout the nation. Not the actual virus, although it did get passed along to eight more…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Reviewing Trends in PHI Breaches & Enforcement
By Patricia (Trish) M. Wagner, Ali Lakhani, Jonathan K. Hoerner
On May 20, 2014, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted the agency’s Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information for…
Health IT Law Blog
Rural providers cope with HIT staffing deficits
If compliance with ONC regulations is challenging for healthcare providers in urban areas, with high concentrations of IT professionals, it is especially challenging for rural providers where IT resources in…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells Engages at IAPP Global Privacy Summit
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The Hogan Lovells Privacy Team looks forward to seeing many of you this week at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. We are…
Inside Privacy
WEDI Issues Guidance for Assessment of Potential Breaches under HIPAA
Recently, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) published a Breach Risk Assessment Issue Brief for stakeholders to use in analyzing whether a breach of protected health information (PHI) has…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
OCR Gets Coal in its Stocking from OIG
Who watches the watchdogs to ensure they’re not sleeping on the job? The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services has published a report…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
OCR Issues Model Notices of Privacy Practices
Model HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices now available for September 23, 2013 compliance date.