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New Developments in Health Information Policy
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Healthcare Document Retention
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Conducting Healthcare Compliance Investigations
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
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Join Thora Johnson and Jeremy Sherer to learn about: Evaluating compliance through privacy notices Key questions to address, from leadership accountability to employee training...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. To ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan for...more
Employee security awareness training is a best practice and a “reasonable safeguard” for protecting the privacy and security of an organization’s sensitive data. The list of data privacy and cybersecurity laws mandating...more
Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more
Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more
The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules apply to healthcare providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, healthcare clearinghouses, and health plans, including employee group health plans with...more
Healthcare data breaches are occurring more frequently and on larger scales than ever before – and while you defend against cyberattacks and other external threats, make sure you do not overlook the critical role your...more
Data privacy and security are a rapidly expanding area of regulatory activity and patient attention. For most health care providers, central data privacy and security legal obligations flow from the federal Health Insurance...more
If the penultimate enforcement settlement of 2023 issued by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sounds familiar, that’s with good reason. And the last one of the year should ring some bells, too....more
Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural language...more
On November 6, 2023, for the first time in 15 years, HHS OIG issued a new reference guide for the health care compliance community – the General Compliance Program Guidance, or GCPG. While the GCPG does not set new legal...more
Most human resources professionals are concerned about the privacy and security of the vast amounts of personal information they manage. This article discusses steps to consider taking against the challenges. Deluge of...more
It is not the first time we have written about complaints, OCR settlements, and even jail time following snooping by hospital employees into patient records. For example, as COVID raged, an investigation showed that for...more
Washington greatly expanded the protection for consumers’ identifiable health information by enacting the “My Health My Data Act” (MHMDA), in an effort to close the gap between HIPAA protections and the laws protecting the...more
As artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology continues to advance, more and more people are logging on and experimenting with the technology. ChatGPT, one free and popular AI, is reportedly the fastest-growing consumer...more
Cybersecurity attacks, such as malware, phishing emails, and password attacks, are a growing threat to patients and medical practices. Cyber attacks can significantly disrupt patient care, including by exposing confidential...more
Time is running out in 2022 for employers to comply with annual training requirements. Depending on where employers operate and the number of employees they employ, compliance requirements may vary. Here is a sample of...more
Throughout 2022, we continue to see regulators placing an emphasis on the importance of protecting and securing information, in particular consumer personal information, at both the federal and state levels. ...more
Over the last two years, many states have taken cues from California and the EU by adopting sweeping privacy laws. These laws, passed in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah, as well as updates to the already enacted...more
Host Ericka Adler, Roetzel Shareholder and Health Law Practice Group leader, is joined by fellow Roetzel Attorneys Christina Kuta and David Hochman, Shareholder, to provide guidance on resolutions healthcare practices should...more
An article in the December issue of HIPAA Regulatory Alert, “HIPAA Changes Coming in 2022 Might Require Policy Revisions,” discussed how proposed changes to HIPAA and the HITECH Act may affect covered entities and business...more
In a recent post, we highlighted the need for a privacy and cybersecurity training program, one not solely focused on spotting phishing attempts (although that is quite important as well). A primary reason, quite simply, is...more
A March 11 article in the Health Care Compliance Association’s Report on Patient Privacy, “In Wake of 16th OCR Settlement, Time For CEs, BAs to Take Right of Access Seriously,” discussed the Right of Access Initiative that...more
The global food and beverage e-commerce market is expected to grow to $22.4 billion in 2020, possibly reaching $36.4 billion in 2023. That’s up from $14.9 billion in 2019. Food and beverage e-commerce revenue in the United...more
Last week, in its Cybersecurity Summer Newsletter, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published best practices for creating an IT asset inventory list to assist healthcare providers and business associates in understanding...more