HIPAA rule may snag med-mal attorneys 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, medical malpractice
Medical malpractice defense lawyers may not know that they are likely covered by new HIPAA rules on privacy breaches of health data.
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.
Interim final genetic non-discrimination rules issued
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 13, 2009
Tags: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, HIPAA
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services has issued new interim rules governing how employers, insurers and health care professionals must protect genetic privacy and prevent discrimination based on genetic information.
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