We know by now that protected health information (PHI) and other personal information is vulnerable to hackers. Last week, the Washington Times reported that the Department of Health and Human
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HIPAA-Type Protections Are Not Just For Humans – When It Comes To Medical Records, Animals Have Privacy Rights, Too (Part 2)
Co-authored by Nancy E. Halpern, DVM, Esq. and Elizabeth G. Litten. Also posted on Animal Law Update.
As reported in expressnews.com:
Joseph Larsen, a Houston-based open records
HIPAA-Type Protections Are Not Just For Humans – When It Comes To Medical Records, Animals Have Privacy Rights, Too (Part 1)
Co-authored by Nancy Halpern, DVM, Esq.; also posted on Animal Law Update
HIPAA does not protect animals’ health information – it applies to the protected health information (or PHI)
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Hacked Health Records Prized for their Black Market Value
I received a disturbing robo-call over the weekend informing me that someone had attempted to use my credit card number fraudulently in a retail store in the next county. When
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Protecting Health Information in the Context of Divorce Proceedings and Domestic Relations – Part III
(Part III continues Part I and Part II of this series on privacy of health information in the domestic relations context, which may be found here and here. Capitalized
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Protecting Health Information in the Context of Divorce Proceedings and Domestic Relations – Part II
(Part I of this series on privacy of health information in the domestic relations context may be found here. Capitalized words not defined in this Part II shall have
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Protecting Health Information in the Context of Divorce Proceedings and Domestic Relations – Part I
The November 2014 ruling in the Connecticut Supreme Court in the case of Byrne v. Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.C., — A.3d —-, 2014, WL 5507439 (2014)
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Welcome to “Fraud Fridays”
This post, written by my colleague Elizabeth Hampton, originally appeared on Garden State Gavel, a new blog focusing on
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Not All Sensitive Health Information is Protected Health Information Under HIPAA
Recently our partner Keith R. McMurdy posted an entry on the Fox Rothschild Employee Benefits Legal Blog entitled “HIPAA Medical Privacy Matters: Court Permits ADA Claim to Proceed.” While the
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Celebrities’ Health Information Compromised by Sony Hacking
Fox Rothschild partner Scott Vernick recently appeared as a guest on the Willis Report to discuss the fallout of the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Click here to view the
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