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Complexities Abound in HIPAA Interactions Between Law Enforcement and Covered Entities
HIPAA Covered Entities Face Complex Challenges With Medical Records of Minors
‘Willful Neglect’ Is Difficult to Pin Down, but Can Result in Enormous HIPAA Penalties
Health Plans Face HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes Under the New Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
It’s Time for HIPAA Covered Entities to Update Their Policies on the Use of Cell Phones and Cameras
With New Authority, HHS Office for Civil Rights Vows ‘Vigorous Enforcement’ of HIPAA Security as Well As Privacy
CMS’s Summary of Its HIPAA Security Reviews Implies Encryption and Employee Background Checks May Be Required
The
Encryption of Patient Health Records Is Crucial With New Laws and Growing
Patient Desire to E-mail Their Physicians
New Federal, State Laws Raise the Stakes When Dealing With Employees Who Snoop Into Patient Health Information
Accounting
for Disclosures in Electronic Health Records Could Be a Time Bomb Waiting
for HIPAA Covered Entities
HIPAA Covered Entities Face
a Variety of New Enforcement Risks Under Recent Measures Enacted
Despite Its
Many Patient Privacy Provisions, Economic Stimulus Law Does Not Fix
HIPAA's Negative Impact on Research
New Privacy
Rules in Economic Stimulus Law Will Restrict Certain Pharmaceutical
Marketing Practices
Major Research
Association Reports That HIPAA Privacy Rule Is Harming Research
HIPAA Covered
Entities Still Wrestle With Questions About When to Release Patient
Information to Law Enforcement
HIPAA Covered Entities
in Calif. Could See Stiff Penalties for Privacy Breaches Under Two New
States Laws, Which Could Be National Models
HHS Releases
Guidance on Sharing Patient Information With Family and Friends
Portable Devices
Pose Serious Challenges to Protecting Patient Privacy
New Privacy
Risk: Patients Who Assume Someone Else's Identity to Obtain Treatment
Loss
of Patient Information at University Hospital Reveals Risk of Acquiring
Physician Practices
HIPAA Privacy: What Should
a Hospital Do When a Patient May Have Violated His or Her Parole?
Hospitals
Face Tricky Patient Privacy Scenarios When Law Enforcement Officials
Request Patient DNA
Hospital
Volunteers Can Present Special Patient Privacy Risks, Require Careful Selection
and Training California
Expands Its Data Breach Notification Law to Include Medical Information and Insurance
Data; Other States Likely to Follow
Influential
Federal Privacy Committee Proposes Massive Changes in HIPAA's Protections for
Personal Health Information Hospitals
Are at Risk When 'Family Doctors' Go Too Far With Records
Patient
Privacy Risks Increase With More Work-at-Home Options for Health Care Workers Six
Steps to Take to Limit Your Liability in the Event of a Patient Privacy or Identity
Theft Breach Hospitals
Struggle With How Much Patient Information to Disclose to Police
Confusion,
Problems Are Resulting From HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standard
National Review of HIPAA Compliance Finds Rampant Confusion, Mistakes
Confusing
Issues Surround HIPAA Treatment and Disclosure Rights of Minors
Ethical
Issues Can Stump Privacy Officers and Pose Unique HIPAA Challenges
HIPAA
Privacy Investigations Are Becoming Much More Aggressive
State
Security Breach Notification Laws Are Catching On Quickly What
One Hospital Privacy Officer Learned During a Surprise OCR Investigation Nosy
Employees Are a Major Privacy Risk, Require a Wide Range of Remedies When
It Comes to Business Associates And Your PHI, Ignorance Isn't Bliss Privacy
Recordkeeping: The Paper Trails You Need to Document Compliance When
Faith and HIPAA Collide: Entities Struggle to Accommodate Personal Beliefs
How Risky Is It to Ignore
Requirements That Appear to Be 'Trivial'? Back
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HIPAA
Laws, Regulations and Guidance
HHS, HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement; Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Regulations on Security Breach Notification
HITECH Act Proposed Regulation (July 14, 2010)
HITECH Act Privacy and Security Provisions
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title XIII, Subtitle D, Privacy
HITECH Act Health Information Technology and Quality Provision
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title XIII, Subtitle A—Promotion of Health Information Technology
Comparative Effectiveness Research Provision
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Code of Federal Regulations
Agency Web Sites
Office
for Civil Rights, Health Information Privacy
Office for Civil Rights, HIPAA Security Standard
HHS/OCR
HIPAA FAQs
Final
Transaction and Code Set Regulations National
Provider Identification
Standard Unique Employer Identifier
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