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Unfinished business: solving the HIPAA accounting rule dilemma

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 9 2013

Now that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) rules finally have been released, health care companies and

Summary of the new HIPAAHITECH omnibus regulation

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 28 2013

After almost four years, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finally has released its "omnibus" Health Insurance Portability and

Health care privacy legislation advancing quicklycompanies can expect significant changes to the privacy landscape

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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February 3 2009

The Obama Administration's broad-reaching economic stimulus legislation includes an extensive series of new proposals to expand the reach of electronic health records

Georgia Supreme Court uses HIPAA preemption to nullify medical malpractice reform

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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July 2 2007

The Georgia Supreme Court's potentially important May 14 decision in Allen v. Wright, 2007 Ga. Lexis 343, held that the HIPAA Privacy Rule preempted Georgia's 2005 tort reform statute requiring malpractice plaintiffs to file with their complaints a "medical authorization form" enabling the defendants' attorneys to obtain and disclose protected health information to facilitate their defense of the plaintiff's claims

HIPAAHITECH update: the waiting is the hardest part

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 8 2011

As we approach the three-year mark since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and still do not have most of the regulations implementing the privacy and security provisions of this law, the simple passage of time by itself is creating confusion and ambiguity in the health care industry

Looking ahead on HIPAA enforcement

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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December 3 2010

When the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) law was passed, one of the key elements of the expanded privacy and security rules was the enhanced enforcement opportunities

Minnesota appellate court provides guidance regarding HIPAA preemption; internet publication as "publicity" for invasion of privacy tort claims

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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August 5 2009

On June 23, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the state's intermediate appellate court, provided two significant privacy-related rulings in Yath v. Fairview Clinics

Health care privacy in 2007

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 29 2007

The focus of health care privacy in 2007 will be on new enforcement issues, new opportunities and challenges related to the use of health care information

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

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