HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

The question “Does HIPAA Apply to Employers” is one that has provoked many different responses due to the complicated nature of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is one of the most complicated pieces of legislation affecting the healthcare and health insurance industries. Because of its objectives to standardize how individually identifiable personal information is protected across many different use cases, the language of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is “non-specific” and therefore open

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 1, 2023

Wishing you a safe and happy New Year. Here are a couple of playlists from Healthcare NOW Radio highlighting the top episodes of the year, plus all of our 2023 Prediction Posts! Thanks for reading, listening and contributing in 2022. The post Happy New Year 2023! appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Healthcare organizations and their business associates that want to share protected health information in a HIPAA-compliant way must do so in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which limits the possible uses and disclosures of PHI, but de-identification of protected health information means HIPAA Privacy Rule restrictions no longer apply. HIPAA Privacy Rule restrictions only covers individually identifiable protected health information.

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Tania Penovic (Deakin University), US Abortion Bans Unleash State-Sanctioned Violence against Women, Interpreter (2022): The Australian anti-abortion movement wants to learn from and replicate the campaign to overturn Roe vs Wade.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Throughout the text of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) a lot of content connects HIPAA law and employers. From the exclusions to guaranteed health plan renewability in Title I to the conditions for deducting loan interest on life insurance plans in Title V, there are plenty of HIPAA laws for employers to comply with. However, the most complex areas of HIPAA compliance for employers are the Administrative Simplification Regulations in Title II.

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Ekhorutomwen Gabriel Ekhator (University of Benin), A Critical Appraisal of the Legal Framework on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation in Nigeria, 2 Lawrit J. L. 1 (2022): The advancement in medical sciences in recent times has brought succor to those.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Many articles discussing what does HIPAA stand for fail to give a complete answer. Most state that HIPAA is an acronym of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and that it led to the development of standards for the privacy of Protected Health Information. However, few articles discussing what does HIPAA stand for explain how a bill with the objective of reforming the health insurance industry evolved into an act of legislation that now controls how healthcare data is s

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

The issue of how to secure patient information and PHI is challenging because HIPAA does not require all patient information to be secured. Additionally, if Protected Health Information (PHI) is secured too much, it can prevent the flow of information needed to perform treatment, payment, and healthcare operations efficiently. To best explain how to secure patient information and PHI, it is necessary to distinguish between what is patient information and what is PHI.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

The majority of HIPAA-covered entities, business associates, and healthcare employees take great care to ensure HIPAA Rules are followed, but what happens when there is accidental HIPAA. The majority of HIPAA-covered entities, business associates, and healthcare employees take great care to ensure HIPAA Rules are followed, but what happens when there is an accidental HIPAA violation?

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