69-document package helps covered entities and business associates update privacy notices, procedures, forms, & ...

Covered entities and business associates finally have an idea what the accounting of disclosures provision in HITECH is all about. The Department of Health & Human Services publically released a ...

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We have recently assisted several healthcare provider clients that have discovered that their business associates had allowed protected health information of the provider’s patients to be improperly ...

Incorporating “augmented care” improves outcomes for patients, but heightens the exposure of hospitals, medical practices, and physicians to compliance pitfalls, particularly under HIPAA’s privacy and ...

I. SummaryThis article explains what hospitals should know about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) and HIPAA updates under the ARRA, as well as what hospitals should do when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Feb. 16, HHS, through its Office for Civil Rights and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

What is the difference between an incidental and an accidental disclosure of protected health information (PHI)? Can you give examples of each? How do you handle each for an accounting of disclosures ...