Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 223: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks with Healthcare Vendors with Brandon Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Medical Staff 101
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New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Dobbs on Demand: Healthcare Privacy on the Line in a New Legal Setting
HIPPA: Privacy & Security and Potential Rule Changes
Compliance Perspectives: Privacy Investigations in a Virtual World
Tech Podcast: Interview With Innovative Health Care Tech Company Rymedi
Effectively Marketing Your Medical and Dental Practice While Staying Legally Compliant
Compliance Perspectives: The Ethics of Data
Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy
Recent changes in federal immigration enforcement practices have prompted renewed attention to how healthcare providers manage requests from law enforcement agencies. While federal policy continues to recognize healthcare...more
On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that previously designated hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities as “protected areas” and limited immigration enforcement...more
In 2003, Congress created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Within the DHS is the interior enforcement arm, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that enforces federal laws governing border control,...more
Executive orders and changes to enforcement directives permitting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and agents from other divisions of the Department of Homeland Security to enter sensitive locations, such as...more
On the newly installed Trump Administration's first day, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the Biden Administration's guidelines for immigration enforcement actions in or near protected areas, such as...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more
The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more
On August 24, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued amended guidance on HIPAA compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 12, 2020, OCR issued initial guidance on how the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits covered...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and our health system is pushed to and beyond capacity, lawmakers and stakeholders are assessing different ways to handle the incredible volume of patients suddenly needing care. One...more
The recent outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) in the United States has resulted in providers and governmental agencies striving to identify potential cases and contain further transmissions of the virus. ...more
Hospitals will have a limited waiver of HIPAA sanctions and penalties during the COVID-19 outbreak as a result of a bulletin issued on March 16, 2020 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....more
Health care providers, health plans, and others who are subject to HIPAA are sure to have questions about when they may disclose information about individuals who have contracted, or been exposed to, Coronavirus (COVID-19)....more
Although COVID-19 is not the first pandemic to hit the United States, the virus has thrown the country into uncharted territory as federal and state governments and agencies struggle to contain the virus’s quick-moving...more
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) last month provided guidance and a reminder to HIPAA covered entities and their business associates regarding the sharing of patient health information (PHI) under the Health Insurance...more
It is a health care provider’s nightmare – despite extensive HIPAA training and best efforts to hire the right people, one of your staff members has gone rogue with a patient’s information. Whether a receptionist loudly...more
Standard forms for the authorization of the release of medical information in Ohio have been developed by the Department of Medicaid....more
Medical facilities may find their internal policies are in need of an update after recent changes to federal regulations relating to the confidentiality of medical records of substance use disorder patients. The...more
A recently announced settlement between Anchorage Community Mental Health (“ACMHS”) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) emphasizes, once again, the importance of compliance with...more