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Tri-Agency FAQ Provides Updated Guidance Regarding Compliance with the Gag Clause Prohibition

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On January 14, 2024, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Office of Personnel Management (the “Departments”) jointly released the FAQs About Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Implementation Part 69...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ascension Health Notifying 5.6 Million of Data Breach

We previously reported that Ascension Health detected a cyber-attack on May 8, 2024, that affected clinical operations in Ascension facilities in six states....more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maryland Adds Insurance Commissioner to Breach Notification Requirements

Effective October 1, 2019, organizations providing health insurance and related services must notify the Maryland Insurance Administration as part of its breach notification requirements. In August 2019, the Maryland...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Largest U.S. Health Data Breach To Date Results in $16 Million HIPAA Settlement - Healthcare Alert

On October 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Anthem, Inc. will pay $16 million to settle OCR’s investigation of its potential violations of the Health...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Are You a “Hybrid Entity” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996? The $4,348,000 Question

A single, multidisciplinary entity, like a university, may include certain departments that use PHI, and other departments that do not. Such institutions are eligible to (and should) self-identify as “hybrid entities” to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Massachusetts PATCH Act, Requires Additional Protection for Certain Confidential Health Care Information

Earlier this year, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law an Act to Protect Access to Confidential Healthcare (the PATCH Act), which prevents information regarding “sensitive health care services” from being shared with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Settles EmblemHealth Breach for $575,000

The recent $575,000 settlement with EmblemHealth signals a push from AG Schneiderman “for stronger security laws and hold[ing] businesses accountable for protecting their customers’ personal data.” Noting New York’s “weak and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

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Employee Health Information: Separate and Secure

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There are several reasons an employer might have employee health information, ranging from the results of a pre-employment physical to the contents of a request for FMLA leave to what’s written in a health provider’s note...more

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OIG Report Finds CMS’s MIDAS System Needs Improvement in Information Security Controls

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On September 14, 2015, the OIG released a Public Summary Report finding that although CMS had implemented controls to secure the Multidimensional Insurance Data Analytics System (MIDAS) and consumer personally identifiable...more

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