Expanded HIPAA rules to take effect 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA
Expanded coverage, beefed-up enforcement and significantly stiffer civil penalties for HIPAA violations are a few of the things health care attorneys and lawyers who represent vendors to the health care industry can look forward to in the coming months.
Regs issued on HIPAA notice requirements
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: August 25, 2009
Tags: data breach, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Health and Human Services Department issued regulations last week concerning the HIPAA breach notifications requirements enacted as part of the stimulus bill earlier this year.
HIPAA doesn’t preempt suit against MySpace
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 7, 2009
Tags: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, invasion of privacy, MySpace
Federal law does not preempt the state-law claims of a patient who sued a hospital for the wrongful publication of her medical information on MySpace, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
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