Telehealth Services Between Health Care Providers and the Public During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Mar, 2020
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a telehealth Notice during this COVID-19 public health emergency. During the current public health emergency OCR will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with HIPAA Rules if healthcare providers provide telehealth services through remote […]
Could Former Employees Set You Up For Costly HIPAA Penalties?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Dec, 2018
The Pagosa Springs Medical Center in Colorado settled an Office of Civil Rights HIPAA breach investigation by agreeing to pay a fine of $111,400. The settlement stemmed from a 2013 complaint that a former employee was able to access the Medical Center‘s web-based scheduling calendar, which contained patient protected health information (PHI). Pagosa Springs Medical […]
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Patients Can Not Sue For Breach Of HIPAA Privacy Rule
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jul, 2018
The United States District Court is the most recent court to rule on whether a patient has a right to sue a health care provider when the privacy of protected health information is breached. Consistent with previous court decisions, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia concluded that HIPAA does not grant […]
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Post Tagged with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Donna Craig, HIPAA, Privacy Rule, The Health Law Center University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Must Pay More Than $4.3 Million For HIPAA Violations
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2018
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled that MD Anderson Cancer Center must pay more than $4.3 million in civil monetary penalties for violating HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. The ruling is based on three separate data breaches in 2012 and 2013 that involved the theft of an unencrypted laptop from a MD Anderson physician’s home […]
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Post Tagged with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Donna Craig, HIPAA, Privacy Rule, Security Rule, The Health Law Center HIPAA Privacy Rule Modified To Identify Those Prohibited From Possessing Firearms
Posted by Donna Craig in Jan, 2016
On January 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final Rule that modifies the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule to allow a subset of covered entities to disclose to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) the names of individuals who are mentally unfit […]
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Post Tagged with Donna Craig, Health Professionals, HIPAA, Physician, Privacy Rule, The Health Law Center Is Your Patient Health Information Protected?
Posted by Donna Craig in Feb, 2015
Last week we woke up to the news that the second largest health insurance company in the country, Anthem Insurance Company, had its patient database hacked into by cyber attackers. While it is too early to know the full scope and impact of Anthem’s security breach, it does raise questions as to what security measures […]
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