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Report Link Hospital to Pay $100,000, Comply with 3-Year Corrective Action Plan for HIPAA Data Breach.Jackson Lewis LLP - July 25, 2008 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has entered into a Resolution Agreement, for the first time, concerning potential violations of the privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Resolution Agreement, entered into on July 16, 2008, requires a Seattle-based health care provider, Providence Health & Services, to pay $100,000 and to implement a detailed, three-year corrective action plan to ensure that it will appropriately safeguard identifiable electronic patient information. By agreeing to this Resolution Agreement, the provider avoided the imposition of potentially significant civil monetary penalties under HIPAA. Report Link Imminent HIPAA Notice Obligation for Small Health Plans.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - April 18, 2007 The small health plan deadline for the HIPAA privacy notice passed a few days ago -- did you make the cut? Report Link HIPAA Privacy Notice Reminder for "Small" Health Plans.Jackson Lewis LLP - April 04, 2007 The compliance date deadline for the HIPAA small health plan Privacy Rule is fast approaching -- April 14, 2007. Are you in compliance?
Report Link HIPAA Compliance Reminders (pdf).Vedder Price - April 07, 2006 The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires employers who
sponsor a group health plan to notify plan participants at
least once every three years of the availability of the
plan’s Notice of Privacy Practices (“Privacy Notice”)
and of how to obtain a copy of the Privacy Notice. Report Link May a health plan disclose protected health information to a person who calls the plan on the beneficiary's behalf?Jackson Lewis LLP - March 21, 2006 A frequent question of plan sponsors is under what conditions may health plans disclose protected health information to a person who calls the plan on the beneficiary's behalf. On March 14, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights provided guidance on this question in its frequently asked questions section. Report Link Most Health Plans Must Remind Participants of Availability of Notice of Privacy Practices.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 13, 2006 Employers should take note that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy Rule requires a health plan to remind participants of the availability of the plan's Notice of Privacy Practices, as well as how to obtain a copy, at least once every three years. The three-year anniversary of the compliance date for the Privacy Rule for most covered health plans is April 14, 2006; for small health plans, the third anniversary of the compliance date is April 14, 2007. Report Link Compliance Alert: HIPAA Privacy Rules for Small Employer Group Health Plans Effective on April 14.Jackson Lewis LLP - April 06, 2004 Company health plans, whether fully insured or self-funded, are most likely covered by the requirements of the Privacy Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The rules become effective for small employer heath plans on April 14, 2004. Report Link Small Employer Obligations Under HIPAA Privacy Rules (Part II).Jackson Lewis LLP - January 16, 2004 As most health plans will be subject to the privacy regulations recently issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Privacy Rules), the question becomes what is the scope of the plan's compliance obligations. Report Link HIPAA Privacy Rule Effective for Small Group Health Plans April 12, 2004.Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. - January 12, 2004 One year ago, we presented for our clients a series of HR Network Breakfast Briefings on protecting employee medical information. Report Link Small Employer Obligations Under HIPAA Privacy Rules.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 19, 2003 Many employers may not realize that the same Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations giving health care providers a compliance headache also apply to most employer-provided health plans. Report Link Jumping The Hurdles of The HIPAA Privacy Rule.Jackson Lewis LLP - September 15, 2003 If your law practice involves the routine use of medical records in the prosecution or defense of litigation, around April of this year you may have noticed a change in attitude among many recipients of your standard medical record subpoena duces tecum. Welcome to the new world of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Report Link Updated Guidance Precedes Upcoming Deadline For HIPAA Privacy Compliance.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 20, 2002 On December 3, 2002, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a compilation of new and existing guidance about key elements of the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the "Privacy Rule").
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