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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 4, April 2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2024

23andMe agreed to pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

HHS Abandons Appeal in Public Website Pixel Case, But CEs and BAs Should Expect Continued Scrutiny

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has abandoned its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling overturning OCR’s guidance prohibiting covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) from using the web-tracking technologies...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: January 2024

New York has released proposed cybersecurity regulations for hospitals. The regulations, which were published in The State Register on Dec. 6 and will undergo a 60-day public comment period ending on Feb. 5, are designed to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Contractual Considerations for Health AI and Hospital Collaborations

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If artificial intelligence (AI) is the vehicle that will revolutionize health care, data is the fuel that will propel the revolution. Health AI startups have recognized an unprecedented opportunity to create a transformative...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: July 2023

A former hospital worker in Arizona was sentenced to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts involving identity theft and health information disclosure. In the plea deal,...more

Stoel Rives LLP

FAQ: Washington State’s ‘My Health My Data Act’

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On April 27, 2023, Washington enacted the  “My Health My Data Act” (“MHMDA”) that will become effective March 31, 2024 in most instances. Any violation of MHMDA will be resolved through the Washington Consumer Protection...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Hospital Cyber Resiliency Initiative Landscape Analysis

Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a report that details findings about the state of hospital cyber systems across the United States. In connection with a recent Ponemon Institute report on the cost and impact on...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Announces First Enforcement Action Under the Health Breach Notification Rule Against GoodRx

On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint against and proposed settlement agreement (the “proposed order”) with GoodRx, a digital health company, over its data sharing practices that...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

6 Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES) Policies in Order to Maximize Privilege...

The federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system for licensed health care facilities and professionals designed to "enhance the data available to assess and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Getting Cross-Industry Collaborations Right, Part 2: All About That Data

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As discussed in the first post in this two-part series, new players from outside the traditional healthcare paradigm are joining forces with hospitals, health systems and other providers to drive unprecedented innovation....more

The Volkov Law Group

Healthcare Compliance: Juggling Risk Mitigation Strategies

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Healthcare organizations – ranging from physician practice groups to large, multi-state hospital systems – face a variety of risks, including fraud and abuse, as well as HIPAA privacy issues. Starting from a baseline risk...more

Burr & Forman

Meaningful Use Audits: Proactive Tips for Success

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For health care professionals who began accepting Meaningful Use incentive money at the outset of availability under the Medicare option in 2011, the year 2015 is an important year. If the provider has met all core...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Twitter Ordered by Irish Court to Disclose Information about Author of Tweet

Twitter International Company (TIC) in Dublin, Ireland was reportedly ordered by a High Court to disclose data about the source of tweets about a whistleblower. The tweets, which included allegations of insurance fraud, are...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Corridors September 2015 - News for North Carolina Hospitals

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This article will provide an outline of some of the most significant points for hospitals to use when confronted with a formal government investigation under the Criminal or Civil False Claims Act. As noted below, you should...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Recent HHS Settlement Highlights Risks of Electronically-Sharing Protected Health Information

On July 10, 2015, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its second settlement of the year for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Carlton Fields

A New Era of HIPAA Enforcement

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Traditionally, HIPAA enforcement is assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). In November 2013, Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General sharply criticized OCR’s...more

Cooley LLP

Rhode Island Hospital Reaches Settlement with Massachusetts AG to Resolve Data Security Allegations

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Last week, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (“W&I”) reached a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General to resolve allegations that W&I failed to adequately protect personal data stored on unencrypted backup...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

CMS Proposes Change to 2014 “Meaningful Use” Rules

In the May 23, 2014 issue of the Federal Register (79 FR 29732), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would change the so-called meaningful use stage...more

BakerHostetler

HHS OCR Settles Post-Data Breach Investigation for Record $4.8M

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On May 7, 2014, HHS OCR announced a pair of resolution agreements with New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University (CU) totaling $4.8 million dollars—the highest settlement amount to date. These resolution...more

Dentons

Why Do I Need a Business Associate Agreement? Ensuring Your Business is HIPAA and HITECH Compliant

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Many companies have recently begun receiving Business Associate Agreements from healthcare entities, including hospitals, clinics, physician offices, public health facilities and similar types of organizations. Business...more

K&L Gates LLP

Recent California Decision Upholds Data Breach Coverage

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The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently upheld coverage under a commercial general liability policy for a hospital data breach that compromised the confidential medical records of nearly 20,000...more

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