Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information
By Margaret J. Davino, Salvatore J. Russo and Nawa A. Lodin
In the Medicare Telemedicine Healthcare Provider Fact Sheet published March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Continue Reading Medicare and OCR Relax Telehealth Rules Under Medicare and HIPAA
If you are a covered entity who experienced a breach of unsecured protected health information affecting fewer than 500 individuals , you must notify the Office of Human Rights of…
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It’s that time again for year-in-review articles. On December 16, 2019, Modern Healthcare has published an infographic that compares HIPAA breaches which occurred in 2019 to aggregate breach statistics from…
Continue Reading 2019 HIPAA BREACHES: THE BOX SCORES
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will take effect on January 1, 2020 and regulates most entities that collect personal information of California residents. CCPA was patterned after the European…
Continue Reading Do You Need To Worry About The New California Data Privacy Law? Maybe
A two-physician practice in Battle Creek, Michigan is reportedly the first health care provider to cease operations as a result of a ransomware attack. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that…
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Filefax, Inc., a defunct Illinois medical records storage and management company, has been fined $100,000 for improperly handling medical data under an agreement with the court-appointed receiver managing the company’s…
Continue Reading Bankrupt Medical Records Company Hit with $100,000 Penalty for HIPAA Violations
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman warned White House Counsel John Dean against talking to prosecutors investigating the growing Watergate scandal, telling him “Once the …
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In a recent New York Times op-ed piece entitled “How a Bad Law and a Big Mistake Drove My Mentally Ill Son Away,” the father of a young…
Continue Reading Involuntary Commitment Laws and Privacy Restrictions
U.S. Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) has been a vocal advocate for mental health reform for a number of years. Part of his crusade is driven by his concern that the…
Continue Reading 21st Century Cure for a “Broken” Mental Health System Includes HIPAA Clarification
Federal enforcement agencies are increasingly focusing on HIPAA breaches which involve mishandling of PHI by telecommuters. Two recent cases illustrate the liability exposure resulting from inadequate oversight of staff working…
Continue Reading Bubble Guppies and PHI: Tips for Telecommuting Policies
