Recent news articles regarding a New Jersey elementary school’s handling of the enrollment of two new students from Rwanda provided another glimpse of Ebola hysteria and the opportunity for me
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Countdown to September 22nd — Shortcuts for Business Associate Agreement Compliance
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)
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The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Surges to 885 – Theft and Loss Dominate the Numbers
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
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Hobby Lobby, HIPAA and Happy Independence Day
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
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When the Long Arm of HIPAA Reaches into Mergers, Acquisitions and Asset Sales of Health Care Practices
Michael J. Coco writes:
If you have ever bought or sold a business, or you have experience with the process, you are aware of the due diligence efforts and multiple
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More on Considerations for Entering into or Revising Business Associate Agreements
My partner Elizabeth Litten and I were interviewed by Marla Durben Hirsch for her recent article in Medical Practice Compliance Alert entitled “Evaluate Relationships Before Signing Business Associate Agreements.” While
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“Boilerplate” Provisions in Business Associate Agreements Warrant Attention
Michael J. Coco writes:
The expanded requirements under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule for a Business Associate Agreement (“BAA”) has created an increase in volume and the need for analysis of
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Springing, Shifting, and Slip-Sliding Business Associate Agreements
What do you do if you have signed a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with a covered entity, but are getting protected health information (PHI) from the covered entity in conjunction
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Avoiding a HIPAA Identity Crisis in 2014
Who you are makes a big difference in how and whether you must protect individually identifiable health information under HIPAA. As we near the end of 2013, I look back
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Embarrassing Fact: Few Seem to Understand HIPAA or the ACA (at least when it comes to individual health coverage to be purchased on an Exchange)
I read a recent Forbes.com post by Rick Ungar (“Claims That Obamacare Website Violates Health Privacy Reveals Embarrassing Fact – GOP Does Not Understand HIPAA or Obamacare”) that revealed a
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