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Patient Data
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Healthcare Law Blog
HIPAA Privacy Rule Modification – Removing Barriers and Promoting Coordinated Care at What Cost?
On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Small NJ Medical Practice Becomes 18th Target of OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Enforcement Initiative
A small New Jersey plastic surgery practice, Village Plastic Surgery (“VPS”), has become the eighteenth HIPAA covered entity to face an enforcement action under the Office for Civil Right’s HIPAA…
Med Law Blog
Proposed HIPAA Changes Intended to “Empower Patients” and “Improve Coordination of Care”
On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) collaborated on announcing proposed HIPAA changes, intended to “empower patients” and…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates MD Anderson HIPAA Penalty
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated a 4.3 million dollar civil monetary penalty imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for…
Healthcare Law Insights
The New Information Blocking Rule: What It Means For Hospices
By Former Attorney Meg Pekarske, Wakaba Tessier, Tracey Toll, Kelsey Toledo
With all that 2020 has brought, the Information Blocking Rule that came out of the Cures Act was under the radar of many hospices. Thankfully, HHS extended the compliance date…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
HIPAA Right to Access Initiative Targets Psychiatric/Mental Health Providers
Mental Health/substance abuse providers and providers treating HIV/AIDS patients are held to a higher standard when it comes to protecting medical records, requiring additional levels of consent and analysis prior…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
OCR Settles Five More Investigations Under HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights announced five more settlements under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.
Bill Madden's Blog
ACCC notice re HealthEngine: Patient information and reviews.
By Bill Madden
On 20 August 2020 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission published a notice in the following terms (extracts appear below) regarding sharing of patient personal information to private health insurance…
Covington Digital Health
Germany Prepares New Law for Patient Data Protection and Increased Digitalisation in Healthcare and for “Data Donations” for Research Purposes
On 3 July 2020, the German parliament passed a draft bill (German language) for patient data protection and for more digitalisation in the German healthcare system (Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz). The draft bill…
Inside Privacy
Germany Prepares New Law for Patient Data Protection and Increased Digitalisation in Healthcare and for “Data Donations” for Research Purposes
On 3 July 2020, the German parliament passed a draft bill (German language) for patient data protection and for more digitalisation in the German healthcare system (Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz). The draft bill…