As she has done for a number of years now, our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch highlighted Fox Rothschild (Fox) lawyers in her annual predictions articles in the January 2020
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Ten Tips for Actions by a Covered Entity after a HIPAA Breach by a Business Associate
This blog recently discussed tips for a covered entity (CE) in dealing with a HIPAA business associate (BA). Now, even though you have adopted all of the tips and…
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6 Takeaways from Memorial Hermann HIPAA Settlement: Press Releases Lead to $2.4 Million Payout
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On April 26, 2017, Memorial Hermann Health System (“MHHS”) agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) $2.4 million…
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Your Business Associates Hold Your HIPAA Compliance Future in Their Hands: Eleven Things You Can Do
Our partner Elizabeth Litten and I were recently featured again by our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch in her article in the April 2017 issue of Medical Practice Compliance Alert…
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Will the New Administration Trump Efforts to Forecast 2017 Healthcare Trends?
As she has done in January for several years, our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch quoted my partner Elizabeth Litten and me in Medical Practice Compliance Alert in her article…
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Eight Tips to Confront the New Initiative by HHS on PHI Security
In a recent Guidance, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) appears to have attempted to reverse an impression that its…
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Happy HIPAA 20th Birthday!
HIPAA turns 20 today. A lot has changed in the two decades since its enactment. When HIPAA was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996, DVDs…
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Nine Tips for Avoiding HIPAA Breaches When Responding to Widespread Healthcare Emergencies
The aftermath of the Orlando nightclub tragedy has led to much discussion about ways that healthcare providers can and should deal with compliance with health information privacy requirements in the…
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Tips on Avoiding HIPAA Breaches for Patient-Employee Records
Our partner Elizabeth Litten and I were featured again by our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch in her article in the April 2016 issue of Medical Practice Compliance Alert entitled…
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Six Tips for Providers to Reduce the Risk of Obtaining Unreliable HIPAA Compliance and Protection Software
Our partner Elizabeth Litten and I had a recent conversation with our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch who quoted us in her Medical Practice Compliance Alert article, “Beware False Promises…
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