Category: State Attorney General HIPAA HITECH Enforcement

dleyva
My health law colleague, David Harlow, covers the news today on the first HIPAA enforcement action taken by a state attorney general under the new HITECH provision of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
David’s post, HIPAA enforcement by state attorney general: The shape of things to come, provides a good summary […]

dleyva
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has made available a compendium of reports which detail variations in state health information law, business practices and policy related to privacy and security of health information and the electronic exchange of health information.
The reports were developed in 2009 as a part […]

Martin Trussell
Guest post by Michele Grinberg, my colleague in the Health Care Practice Group at Flaherty, Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC.
Through indirection find direction out? With apologies to William Shakespeare, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the11th Circuit and D.C. circuit say: NO, not this time.
In Jennifer D. Alley, Real Time Medical Data, LLC […]

Jaan Sidorov
On March 18, 2010 I will be speaking on Medical Records Law at a seminar in Charleston, West Virginia. The seminar is sponsored by Lorman Educational Services. Joining me for the day long seminar will be three very knowledgeable health care colleagues:
Michael T. Harmon, MPA, CIPP/G, Compliance Specialist for the West Virginia […]

Jaan Sidorov
Over the next couple of months the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be hosting the Exploring Privacy: A Roundtable Services.
The roundtable discussions are day-long public roundtable discussions to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data.
The FTC indicates […]

Jaan Sidorov
I love the creative and mind opening nature of Twitter tweets. Simple 140 character thoughts, questions, queries, etc.
As a lawyer who deals with pages, reams, volumes, boxes, rooms of written information on a daily basis I’m often amazed (and pleased) by the depth of concepts that can be expressed through 140 characters.
Example […]

Evan Falchuk
On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule, 45 CFR Part 160 (74 Federal Register 56123, October 30, 2009).
This new rule was developed and adopted by HHS to conform the enforcement regulations under HIPAA to the […]

John Goodman
The Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director for the Office for Civil Rights, Robinsue Frohboese, has designated Office for Civil Rights Regional Managers in each of the HHS Regional Offices to serve as the Regional Office Privacy Advisors. On July 27, 2009, Secretary Sebelius authorized the Director of the Office for Civil […]

John Goodman
Today HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that enforcement of the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will be delegated to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
The official delegation occurred on July 27, 2009. More information about the transition of authority for the administration and enforcement […]

jingemi
There is a growing discussion on the health consumer-centric (patient-centric) meaning of “meaningful use” of EHRs and health information technology. Jane Sarasohn-Kahn summarizes this discussion in her recent post, “Meanuingful Use - or, whose health is it, anyway?” at Health Populi where she reflects on Ted Eytan’s post, “Is it Meaninful If […]