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Security breach notifications

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 8 2009

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) includes significant investment in health information technology to facilitate the adoption of a U.S.-wide health information network and requires HIPAA covered entities, business associates, vendors of personal health records and related entities to notify individuals when their personal health information is subject to a breach of security

Secretary of HHS recognizes interoperability standards for lab results, biosurveillance and consent management

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2008

In the January 23, 2008, Federal Register, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally published the recognition of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Interoperability Specifications as Interoperability Standards for Health Information Technology (HIT

Guidelines for electronic health records in Italy

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • July 6 2009

On 26 March 20 09, the Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA) announced a public consultation intended to solicit comments on the proposed Draft Guidelines on electronic health records (EHRs), i.e., patient electronic files andor dossiers

Health IT provisions of the US stimulus package: catalyst for health care transformation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2009

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the Act) is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and allocates approximately U.S. $20 billion dollars to health information technology (IT) projects

HITECH’s security breach notification requirements

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2009

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, includes significant investment in health information technology (IT) to facilitate the adoption of a nationwide health information network

OCR issues proposed modifications to HIPAA privacy and security rules to implement HITECH Act

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 27 2010

On July 14, 2010, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) containing modifications to the privacy standards (Privacy Rule), security standards (Security Rule) and enforcement regulations (Enforcement Rule) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA

Legislation requires development of standards and protocols for electronic enrollment, and eligibility notification and verification

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2010

All stakeholders affected by the federal government's interrelated development of standards and protocols under HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should closely monitor and, where possible, provide input on their development

HHS establishes the initial pathway for qualifying for HITECH Act incentives dollars for meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2010

On January 13, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinatorof Health Information Technology (ONC), both part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published two much-anticipated and coordinated sets of regulations establishing the requirements for eligible providers to earn Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentives

Navigating the government’s final rules for earning incentive dollars through “meaningful use” of e-health record technology

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published on July 13, 2010 in final form the two coordinated sets of regulations that establish the requirements for eligible providers to earn Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments and to avoid significant payment penalties by demonstrating "meaningful use" of a certified electronic health record (EHR

New law exempts certain physicians and other service providers from Red Flags Rule

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 29 2010

Recently adopted legislation narrows the applicability of the FTC's Red Flags Rule so that service providers, including health care service providers, are not subject to the rule merely because they are not paid in full at the time of service