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New health care breach notification rules issued

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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September 9 2009

With two important new security breach notification rules issued in recent days, the health care industry and its business partners now face an entirely new federal environment for disclosure of security breaches

Update on Health IT efforts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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June 4 2009

For health care providers, technology developers, and medical insurers, the standards under which Health Information Technology (Health IT) will function will spell cost recovery, profit, or unreimbursed expense

Security risks from insiders

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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June 5 2009

Two recent incidents demonstrate dramatically and publicly one of the biggest security risks facing the health care industry and others across corporate Americathe risk of insider misuse of data access

“New HIPAA” poses important challenges for business associates

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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July 1 2009

The new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security requirements, imposed by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act) will have a significant impact on the privacy and security of health care information and on the compliance obligations for affected health care companies

Health care privacy in 2010

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 18 2010

A lot is happening in the health care world, with the implications of health care reform leading the list

HHS issues proposed Health IT regulations - comments due March 15, 2010

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 17 2010

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Servies (HHS) is seeking public comment on two sets of rules that are designed to modernize and improve the delivery of health care services through the use of Health Information Technology (Health IT) pursuant to the mandates in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA

What's important about the HITECH NPRM?

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released its long-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemarking (NPRM) for the privacy and security provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act

HHS issues proposed health IT regulations - comments due March 15, 2010

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 6 2010

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking public comment on two sets of rules that are designed to modernize and improve the delivery of healthcare services through the use of Health Information Technology (Health IT) pursuant to the mandates in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA

HHS officially begins process to define "meaningful use" of electronic health records

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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June 19 2009

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is inviting comment by the end of next week on draft recommendations on how to define "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs

A new HIPAA era emerges

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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March 16 2009

After years of debate with little progress, a new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) era has become a reality through the economic stimulus legislation