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Is Your Data Supply Chain Ethical? Don’t Restrict Due Diligence to Physical Operations.

C&M Health Law

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can present several areas of exposure. What’s more, core human rights due diligence principles, such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), further influence how businesses should navigate these risks.

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Settlement Agreed with Florida Children’s Health Insurance Website Contractor to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

HIPAA Journal

FHKC is a state-created entity that offers health and dental insurance to children in Florida between the ages of 5 and 18. FHKC receives Medicaid funds and state funds for providing health insurance programs for children in Florida.

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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Deploys Celo Health Secure Messaging Solution to Support its Humanitarian Efforts in 87 Countries

HIPAA Journal

Securely sharing patient information is vital in the United States where healthcare organizations and their business associates are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws governing health information privacy.

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Another Resolution by DOJ Pursuant to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Highlights Continued Efforts to Hold Companies Accountable for Ensuring Data are Secured

Health Care Law Brief

In 2013, Jelly Bean contracted with the Florida Health Kids Corporation (“ FHKC ”)—a state-created entity that offers health and dental insurance for Florida children—to create, host, and maintain HealthyKids.org, where, in part, parents and others could apply for state Medicaid insurance coverage for eligible children.

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What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?

Compliancy Group

You may feel the same way about HIPAA after scrolling through the thousand-plus related pages on the Health and Human Services website. Civil penalties apply when an employee was aware that they violated HIPAA , or they would have been aware had they exercised due diligence.

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Healthcare APIs: 3 Ways APIs Differ in Healthcare vs. Enterprise

HIT Consultant

Patients’ health information, as industry experts have warned , is not protected by healthcare data privacy laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) once downloaded to a third-party app. 2) Privacy takes priority for APIs in healthcare.

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The Devil may be in the Details of the Part II No Surprises Act IFR

Health Care Law Brief

Additionally, and as we touched upon in our January 7, 2021 post on the No Surprises Act , these new measures supplement state laws governing surprise medical billing, and so in cases where a state No Surprises law applies, the state law generally determines an individual’s OON payment rate. [1]. 2] See 86 Fed.