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Minnesota AG sues debt collection agency for health privacy violations

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2012

On January 19, 2012, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced a lawsuit against Accretive Health, Inc., for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations, the Minnesota Health Records Act, Minnesota’s debt collection statutes and Minnesota’s consumer protection laws

Connecticut fines Health Net $375,000 for data breach

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 10 2010

On November 8, 2010, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan announced that Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. (“Health Net”) had agreed to pay $375,000 in penalties for failing to safeguard the personal information of its members from misuse by third parties

HHS issues modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2010

On July 8, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Interim final rule implements increased penalties for HIPAA violations

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") released an interim final rule to incorporate the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH Act") categories of violations and tiered civil penalty amounts

Transfer of patient data for invoicing purposes is unlawful

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 6 2009

On December 10, 2008, the German Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht: Az.: B 6 KA 3707 R) issued a ground-breaking decision in the health insurance sector