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Safeguarding patient-generated health information created or shared through mobile devices

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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August 3 2012

Mobile health technologies are increasingly becoming a valuable tool for improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare

Microsoft announces targeted health ads

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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April 5 2012

Would you like more information about your allergies?

CMS releases final rule to allow access to Medicare claims data

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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December 14 2011

On December 5, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a Final Rule to implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act giving qualified entities access to Medicare claims data for use in evaluating the performance of health care providers

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces details of new HIPAA Audit Program

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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November 9 2011

On November 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) officially posted on its website details about its new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Audit Program

U.S. Supreme Court tackles use of prescriber data

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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July 8 2011

In a closely watched case concerning use of prescriber data and privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Vermont violated the First Amendment when it passed a law requiring the consent of drug prescribers before their nonpublic, identifying information could be sold

Supreme Court strikes down Vermont prescriber data-restriction law

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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June 24 2011

On June 23, 2011, the United States Supreme Court struck down Vermont’s law restricting the sale, disclosure, and use of pharmacy records that reveal the prescribing patterns of individual physicians

Pharmaceutical companies face impact of Facebook policy change

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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June 23 2011

Creating potential liability for pharmaceutical companies wary of Food and Drug Administration regulations, Facebook recently changed its policy to state that it will no longer allow the makers of new pharmaceutical product pages to disable the comments feature

HHS proposes changes to HIPAA accounting of disclosures provision

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 31 2011

On May 27, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”) to modify the accounting of disclosures provision of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act’s (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule (the “Privacy Rule”

HHS OIG audits uncover weaknesses in health information security oversight

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 18 2011

On May 17, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released two audit reports focused on the federal government’s health information security activities

U.S. Supreme Court to decide marketing consent law

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USA
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January 31 2011

The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the First Amendment prohibits a law that requires the consent of drug prescribers before their non-public, identifying information is sold or marketed

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