HIPAA audits have begun 
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 15, 2011
Tags: audits, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, HITECH Act, Office for Civil Rights, privacy, security
All entities covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act must get ready – audits of privacy and security compliance under the Act have officially begun.
Federal law preempts ‘little HIPAA’ claims
Published: October 20, 2011
Tags: health insurance, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, preemption
Federal law preempts claims brought under a state “little HIPAA” law prohibiting health insurers from charging different premiums to similarly situated individuals, the 9th Circuit has ruled.
HIPAA audits to begin soon
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: July 25, 2011
Tags: audits, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, HITECH Act, privacy
The Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with two different parties to conduct audits of entities covered by the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
HHS proposes new health information disclosure rules
Published: June 15, 2011
Tags: HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule, HITECH Act, regulations
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing new privacy rules governing protected health information accounting procedures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
$4.3 million civil penalty assessed for HIPAA violations
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 10, 2011
Tags: civil penalties, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule
WASHINGTON – In the first civil monetary penalty issued by the Department of Health and Human Services for violating the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a health insurance company has been fined $4.3 million.
New HIPAA rules create lots of health care contract work
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 15, 2010
Tags: business associates, data breach, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, HITECH Act, Office of Civil Rights, privacy
Lawyers can expect to be busy in the coming year reviewing and revising contracts of health care entities and related businesses in light of new proposed HIPAA rules.
The rules spell out the new HIPAA obligations that Congress included in the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, which passed in February 2009.
Proposed HIPAA clarification expected soon
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: HIPAA, HITECH Act
A proposed rule that will clarify HIPAA privacy and security changes is expected within the next few weeks, and could be announced as early as this Friday.
HIPAA allows ex parte interviews of doctors
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: ex parte interviews, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, medical malpractice
Federal health care privacy law does not prohibit defense counsel from conducting ex parte interviews of a medical malpractice plaintiff’s doctors, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled.
New HIPAA rule to be enforced next week
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA
WASHINGTON – New rules covering HIPAA-covered entities – and carrying heightened penalties for failure to comply – will begin to be enforced on Feb. 22.
HIPAA doesn’t bar medical record request
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, wrongful death
Federal privacy law does not prevent a widow from obtaining her husband’s medical records that she requested in connection with her investigation of a potential wrongful death suit, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled.
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