Patients’“Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Information Proposed as Core...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published proposed rules setting forth the “Stage 2” criteria that eligible providers (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs), and critical...
View ArticleThe SAIC Breach and a Look Across the Chasm Between Significant Risk and...
The following was recently posted in substantially the same form on the Fox Rothschild LLP HIPAA, HITECH and Health Information Technology blog. Elizabeth Litten and Michael Kline write: We have...
View ArticleHIPAA “Mega Rule”, Meet “Super BAA”: The CMS Data Use Agreement
[This blog posting was previously posted on the HIPAA, HITECH and Health Information blog.] The recent release of the HIPAA/HITECH “mega rule” or “omnibus rule” has given bloggers and lawyers like us...
View ArticlePersonal Information Data Breaches – Not if, but When?
By Elizabeth Litten The widely publicized pre-Christmas breach of confidential data held by Stratfor Global Intelligence Service (“Stratfor”), a company specializing in data security, reminded me that...
View ArticleWellPoint Pays $1.7 Million To Settle Potential HIPAA Violations; HHS Sends...
On July 11, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it reached a settlement with WellPoint Inc. related to potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. In...
View ArticleThe Wild West of Data Breach Enforcement by the Feds
Imagine you have completed your HIPAA risk assessment and implemented a robust privacy and security plan designed to meet each criteria of the Omnibus Rule. You think that, should you suffer a data...
View ArticleMedical Device, “Heal Thyself” from Data Hacking
Innovative health care-related technology and developing telemedicine products have the potential for dramatically changing the way in which health care is accessed. The Federation of State Medical...
View ArticleBilling Company Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Consumers Regarding Health...
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it settled charges against a health billing company and its former CEO that they misled consumers who had signed up for their online billing portal...
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