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Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information

Better Keep Health Data Private, FTC Signals to On-Line Health Care Providers

By Elizabeth G. Litten on March 2, 2023

Watch out HHS, the FTC is taking the lead in enforcing privacy violations by companies also subject to HIPAA. BetterHelp, an on-line mental health platform, engaged in unfair and unreasonable…

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OCR Warns Providers About Patient Data Trackers

By Elizabeth G. Litten on December 2, 2022

Earlier this week, our Fox partner Odia Kagan spoke on HIMSS TV about the risks associated with what may be a “blind spot” in your data privacy compliance efforts: the…

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Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant?

By Vijay Choksi on August 1, 2022

If you are a HIPAA-covered entity or business associate, you likely know that patient PHI may only be created, received, maintained, and transmitted as permitted by the HIPAA Security Rule…

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Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly.

By Odia Kagan on July 21, 2022
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If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do…

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HHS Issues Guidance in Light of Dobbs Decision

By Elizabeth G. Litten & Odia Kagan on July 5, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on June 29 discussing privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the…

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HIPAA Covers a Lot Less Than People Think. But Beware of Other US Privacy Laws.

By Odia Kagan on July 5, 2022
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 may be the most well-known privacy law in the United States, but it is also one of the most misunderstood.

Many…

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New Telehealth Guidance Gives Thumbs-Up to Audio-Only Services

By Amy A. Perry on June 15, 2022

On June 13th, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) issued guidance advising that covered health care providers and health plans (covered entities) can provide audio-only telehealth services…

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Roe or Not, Health Apps Must Protect Reproductive Data

By Elizabeth G. Litten on May 27, 2022

Ready or not, Roe v. Wade leak or not, health app developers are on notice. Those that collect sensitive personal information, such as reproductive data, must carefully navigate both federal…

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Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Is Coming for Hospitals, Long-Term Care Providers

By Odia Kagan on March 2, 2022

Attention hospitals, clinics, retirement homes and other long-term care providers! If you are collecting fingerprints to authenticate access to a medication dispensing system, then you need to be paying attention…
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Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade

By Melanie Notari & Elizabeth G. Litten on December 15, 2021

According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches.   So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the…
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