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HHS OCR director leon rodriguez's dialogue on HIPAAHITECH compliance

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

"HIPAA is a valve, not a blockage," stated HHS OCR Director Leon Rodriguez, at the OCRNIST 6th Annual Conference on Safeguarding Health Information:

HHS reaches $400,000 settlement of alleged HIPAA security rule violations for disabling firewall protections

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported a $400,000 settlement with Idaho State University (ISU) for alleged violations of

Aventis Pharms., Inc. v. Amino Chems. Ltd.

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On May 20, 2013, in Aventis Pharms., Inc. v. Amino Chems. Ltd., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Newman, Bryson, Reyna) reversed

Bringing sunlight to healthcare pricing: the CMS release of hospital charge data

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337

Groundhog day for Tuomey: jury finds hospital violated Stark Law and False Claims Act

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On May 8, 2013, a jury in the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina returned a verdict finding that Tuomey

Exclusions: OIG offers relationship counseling to providers

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On May 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the

Texas bill allows doctors to collect patient data by swiping driver's licenses

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The Texas Legislature recently approved S.B. 166, a bill that would allow healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, dentists and others to

Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On May 1, 2013, in Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Prost, O'Malley) affirmed-in-part and

In North Carolina, will there be “Freedom to Negotiate Health Care Rates”?

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Despite opposition and the claim from BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina that it "has not used 'most favored nation' clauses in its new

HHS considers amending HIPAA privacy rule to permit disclosure of mental health information for firearm background checks

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Adding yet another wrinkle to the nation's contentious gun control debate, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an