Brightree by ResMed (“Brightree”), a cloud-based management software platform for healthcare providers, has conducted its biannual interoperability survey, and issued its corresponding biannual Interoperability and Engagement Research Report. Most notably
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Register for Fox Rothschild’s 2023 Privacy Summit
Privacy, data security and regulatory compliance affect companies in every industry. Join leading privacy professionals at our fifth annual Privacy Summit as they discuss some of the most consequential topics…
Continue Reading Register for Fox Rothschild’s 2023 Privacy SummitBetter Keep Health Data Private, FTC Signals to On-Line Health Care Providers
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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Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant?
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…
Continue Reading Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant?HHS Issues Guidance in Light of Dobbs Decision

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…
Continue Reading HHS Issues Guidance in Light of Dobbs DecisionHIPAA Covers a Lot Less Than People Think. But Beware of Other US Privacy Laws.

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…
Continue Reading HIPAA Covers a Lot Less Than People Think. But Beware of Other US Privacy Laws.New Telehealth Guidance Gives Thumbs-Up to Audio-Only Services
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…
Continue Reading New Telehealth Guidance Gives Thumbs-Up to Audio-Only ServicesRoe or Not, Health Apps Must Protect Reproductive Data
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…
Continue Reading Roe or Not, Health Apps Must Protect Reproductive DataPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade
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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How Does HIPAA Compare To GDPR?
I dive into the HIPAA weeds on a daily basis, and am sometimes asked about similarities and differences between HIPAA and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Fox…
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