Podcast - Data Privacy and Tracking Technology Compliance
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams
AI Risks in Healthcare
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 131: Jordon Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer, Aimedica
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Healthcare Privacy Walkthroughs
Podcast: Interoperability: Information Blocking Claims and Enforcement - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: Health Care's Next Disruptor Is openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: A New Vision Through openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Health Care Providers - Are You Ready for a Ransomware Attack?
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
Podcast: DOJ Goes After Civil Cyber-Fraud - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability - the Role of Health Information Exchanges - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: The Provider Perspective - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast–Interoperability: How Far We’ve Come and Where We’re Going - Diagnosing Health Care
Getting Personal—Wearable Devices, Data, and Compliance
Gerry Blass on Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
Podcast: How Can Companies in the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries Strengthen Their Cybersecurity Posture? - Diagnosing Health Care
Are you responsible for privacy compliance at your company? Sharpen your pencils and grab your highlighters for this three-part series on critical privacy laws, DPOs and privacy officers (and when you should appoint one), and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has assumed the authority to enforce unauthorized data disclosures under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act). During the past three weeks, the FTC has used this authority to go after...more
In Argentina, data protection is governed by comprehensive legislation aimed at safeguarding individuals' personal data. Below you will find an outline of the key aspects including governing legislation, exploring their scope...more
In just a few short weeks, a new front may emerge for biometrics litigation in the United States. On March 31, 2024, the My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) will go into effect in Washington for most entities that conduct...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its anticipated Final Rule last week. The Final Rule revises...more
After more than a year since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the proposed changes to the...more
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) programs and HIPAA-regulated entities seeking to streamline their privacy and security practices and workflows received welcome news from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) last...more
Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more
For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...more
For the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking enforcement under the Health Breach Notification Rule. This regulation requires certain businesses not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and...more
On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space to “unleash the full potential of health data”. However, questions arise as to whether this proposal is a...more
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and its development into a global pandemic, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to safeguard the health of employees, customers and others. Organizations are also...more
In an era of decreasing reimbursement and rapidly expanding opportunities associated with “big data”, healthcare entities may be looking for ways to monetize protected health information (“PHI”) for their own, non-patient...more
On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) provided new joint guidance on the release of certain student records. In summary, this HHS/DOE release...more
Editor’s Note: The information blocking rule—now moved to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the last step before a rule is promulgated—is significant because it reverses the typical framework governing the privacy of...more
EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA) released its long-awaited proposal to overhaul privacy restrictions for substance abuse treatment programs found...more
Question: May I share records with another healthcare provider without the patient’s authorization? Answer: It depends on the purpose. If the disclosure is for purposes of the patient’s treatment, including continuation of...more
There are reports that HHS plans to issue a proposed rule next month, which would again amend 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”) and modify how the medical records of patients with substance abuse disorders are currently shared between...more
HIPAA, as a body of regulations protecting the confidentiality of patient health care information, has been branded very effectively. Most staff at your average health care facility know about HIPAA and that it protects the...more
New federal regulations published on January 3, 2018, clarify when lawful holders of substance-use disorder records may use and disclose patient identifying information for payment, health care operations, and audits and...more
On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) to further update the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations...more
On January 18, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a final rule amending 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (“Part 2”), with an effective date that...more