NFIB v. Sebelius: More About Law Than Healthcare
As a healthcare lawyer, many friends and acquaintances have asked my opinion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Supreme Court case. Fortunately, the decision gave me a really easy answer...
View ArticleDown With OPM: Why Fixing Healthcare is so Hard
A few weeks ago, my family and I had dinner at a friend’s house in Irving. It was one of those refreshingly cool early September Saturday nights, so we lingered after dinner on the back deck, well past...
View ArticleBYOD: What’s your Policy?
It is a truism that modern medicine is one of the greatest triumphs of technology. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that physicians, particularly the younger ones, tend to be “early adapters”...
View ArticleA HIPAA To-Do List
Everyone in the healthcare industry is aware of the medical record privacy restrictions contained in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations (“HIPAA”), although...
View ArticleHIPAA Changes: How to Revise Your Business Associate Agreements
When HIPAA was originally enacted and the first set of regulations published, the statutory language specified that only certain “Covered Entities” would be required to abide by the law: health care...
View ArticleAre Your HIPAA Notices in Order?
Previously I provided you with a list of areas to address in ensuring HIPAA compliance: determine if you are a business associate (or have vendors who are business associates); do a risk assessment;...
View ArticleThe Accidental Business Associate
Those of us involved in the healthcare field know about HIPAA and its requirements for the privacy and security of medical information. Many know that earlier this year, HHS published final regulations...
View ArticleFixing SGR
When the editors here at D Healthcare Daily asked the contributing editors to submit healthcare predictions for 2014, I not-so-boldly announced that Congress would fix the semi-annual SGR mau-mau-fest,...
View ArticleBreaking Down Healthcare’s Susceptibility To Hacking In Wake Of Anthem Breach
There are a lot of people saying that healthcare is particularly vulnerable to hacking. And, full disclosure, most of them stand to profit if you believe them (including HIPAA experts like me, in...
View ArticleIs It Time To End The War Over Business Associate Agreements?
If you are involved in medical contracting at all, you are aware of the “BAA Wars.” HIPAA requires healthcare providers, health plans, and other covered entities to enter into “business associate...
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