BNA INSIGHTS: Advice to Hospitals and Physician Practices: Protecting Your Data in an Uncertain HIT World

HIT Vendors:
Until the long-term prospects of health information technology vendors become more predictable, it is likely that a customer entering into a contract today with one HIT vendor will not be working with that same vendor in a decade or less. The author highlights a few steps health care providers can take to ensure that, however the relationship with the vendor ends, the customer’s interests, and data, will be protected…

BNA INSIGHTS: Compliance Program Implications of Recent HIPAA Privacy Enforcement Activities

On Feb. 22, the Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the first time use of civil monetary penalties (CMP) on a covered entity for violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule in the amount of $4.3 million…

BNA INSIGHTS: The Top 10 Privacy and Security Developments to Watch in 2011

The message for corporate America on privacy and security is simple: you only need to worry about privacy and security laws and rules if you have customers or employees.
So, on the chance that your company meets this threshold, what are the primary issues to be watching in 2011?…

BNA INSIGHTS: Protecting Privacy in Health Research

Healthcare today is increasingly information driven. It was this realization that was much of the impetus behind the passage of the…

BNA INSIGHTS: Proposed HITECH Act Data Privacy Rules: How Would They Impact Pharmaceutical Companies?

In a move meriting attention by the pharmaceutical industry, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking…

BNA INSIGHTS: HHS Proposed Rule Fine-Tunes HITECH and HIPAA Requirements

On July 14, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would modify the HIPAA privacy…

Rite Aid to Pay HHS $1 Million to End HIPAA Privacy Probe; Also Settles FTC Act Violations

National drug store chain Rite Aid agreed to pay $1 million to the federal government to settle allegations it violated the Health Insurance…

HHS Releases Final Rules on Meaningful Use Standards, E-Records Systems Certification

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius July 13 announced two upcoming final rules to help eligible physicians and…

HHS Proposes Extending HIPAA Enforcement, Privacy, Security Rules to Business Associates, Subcontractors

The Department of Health and Human Services July 8 announced proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and…

BNA INSIGHTS: The Difficult Task of Setting Standards for the De-Identification of Protected Health Information

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, requires the…

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