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(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 words not defined in this Part III shall have the meanings assigned in Part I or Part II.)

6. The situation can be further complicated…

Health-related technology has developed light-years faster than health information privacy and security protection laws and policies, and consumers can find new mobile health applications for a wide range of purposes ranging from diabetes management to mole or rash evaluation to fitness tracking.  Smart mobile app developers wondering when and how HIPAA privacy and security requirements…

The Connecticut Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Byrne v. Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.C., — A.3d —-, 2014 WL 5507439 (2014) that

[a]ssuming, without deciding, that Connecticut’s common law recognizes a negligence cause of action arising from health care providers’ breaches of patient privacy in the context of

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I was recently asked whether the sending of an unencrypted group email to participants in a health-related support group violated HIPAA.  Faithful blog readers can guess my first question:  “Was the sender a covered entity, business associate, or subcontractor?”  Many support group entities are non-profit organizations staffed by volunteers and do not meet the definition…

The deadline for executing a HIPAA Omnibus Rule-compliant Business Associate Agreement (BAA) looms just 2 short weeks from today.  What can a busy covered entity (CE) or business associate (BA) do quickly to show HHS (let alone its business partners/contractors) that it wants and fully intends to comply with the new requirements?  Here are  3…

The number of large breaches of Protected Health Information (PHI) under HIPAA that have been reported on the so-called “Wall of Shame” (the HHS List) maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has jumped by 239 to 885 in less than a year.    The most common breach type is “theft” in this…

The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. has  attorneys, pundits, policy-makers and businesses (yes, corporations are people, too) pondering big, quintessentially American issues like the free exercise of religion, compelling government interests, and our fundamental right to make money (and, as a corollary issue, what distinguishes for-profit…