Our partner Elizabeth Litten and I were recently featured again by our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch in her article in the April 2017 issue of Medical Practice Compliance Alert
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Connecticut Supreme Court Recognizes Individual’s Right for State Tort Action Using HIPAA as Standard of Care
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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
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The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Surges to 885 – Theft and Loss Dominate the Numbers
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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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Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones BAA
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Does your business associate agreement (BAA) reflect your business deal, or is it a bare bones HIPAA compliance document?
Now is the time to check. The HIPAA “Omnibus Rule” published…
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When the Long Arm of HIPAA Reaches into Mergers, Acquisitions and Asset Sales of Health Care Practices
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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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A Business Associate Agreement Dilemma: To Indemnify or Not to Indemnify – Ten Considerations
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A party (Party) to a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or Subcontractor Agreement (SCA), whether a covered entity (CE), business associate (BA) or subcontractor (SC), may struggle with the question…
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Ten Days, Ten Tips – Countdown to Omnibus Rule Compliance #3
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Unless the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) makes another last-minute, litigation-inspired decision to delay the September 23, 2013 compliance date, we’re well into the 10-day countdown for compliance…
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The Parade of Large PHI Security Breaches: The University of Rochester Medical Center Makes it a Triple in 2013
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In January 2011 this blog series discussed here and here that the University of Rochester Medical Center (“URMC” or the “Medical Center”) became a marcher twice in 2010 in the…
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Collateral Effects of the Omnibus Rule: Exercise Caution in Using Past OCR Summaries on Large PHI Breaches as a Roadmap for Future Guidance
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While the summaries of closed investigations posted on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services list of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals continue to provide highly useful information for covered entities, business associates and subcontractors relative to confronting PHI breaches, large and small, they must be analyzed with appropriate care and attention paid to changes brought about by the recently-published Omnibus Rule.
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Urgent – Verify Your Business Associate and Subcontractor Agreements by This Friday 1/25/13 to Qualify for Extension
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The September 23, 2013 deadline for updating Business Associate Agreements is extended for one year under the Omnibus Rule for covered entities who have compliant Business Associate Agreements in place…