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HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Patients’ “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Information Proposed as Core Measure for Provider Incentive Payments from Feds
Two new provisions in the Stage 2 "meaningful use" criteria measure the meaningful use required for provider incentive payments based not simply on the providers' use of EHR, but on…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Personal Information Data Breaches – Not if, but When?
By Elizabeth Litten The widely publicized pre-Christmas breach of confidential data held by Stratfor Global Intelligence Service (“Stratfor”), a company specializing in data security, reminded me that very little (if…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: WellPoint Finally Settles with the Attorney General of Indiana
As reported by Ben Keller, at DataGuidance.com, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced, on July 5, 2011, that health insurer WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 for a PHI…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Another Marcher Joins the Parade of Major Reported PHI Security Breaches: Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System has suffered the fourth largest PHI security breach reported on the HHS Web site during 2011 with 400,000 affected individuals.
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
HHS Announces Proposed Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announced proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to implement new requirements concerning individuals' rights to access reports and accountings of…
Health Law Prof Blog
Stimulus Checks Get Cut
As tediously explained here the HITECH stimulus package provided approximately $27 billion for CMS to reimburse eligible providers (non-hospital based doctors) and hospitals for the meaningful use of certified EHR…
Health Care and Life Sciences
How Much Is Your Privacy Worth? According to Department of Health and Human Services, Millions.
The privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) are critically important for employers to understand and comply with. In general, HIPAA requires…
Health IT Law Blog
New York City hospitals suffer enormous data breach
New York City's Health and Hospital Corporation notified its patients last week of a loss of electronic files containing personal data, including PHI of some 1.7 million people. Electronic files…
Health Law Prof Blog
Data Segmentation
We continue to see the tensions in patient data protection play out in new and interesting ways. For example, as HHS continues to study the comments from its HITECH-authorized lock-down…
Health IT Law Blog
Blumenthal to leave ONC this spring
Dr. David Blumenthal, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), announced yesterday in a letter to his staff that he's leaving the ONC and…