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Healthcare has now surpassed nuclear power and financial services as the most highly regulated industry in the U.S. - and for good reason. The health, safety, and privacy of individual patients and the public at large is at stake.
For better or for worse, there exists a complex web of local, state, and federal laws and regulations that govern the businesses of healthcare providers and healthcare companies - from patient safety and privacy protections, to corporate transactions and contractual relationships. Navigating this complicated landscape requires a deep understanding of the risks and opportunities inherent in the healthcare industry—namely, it requires an experienced healthcare attorney.
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This article discusses how you can lower your risk through email encryption, thereby saving your healthcare practice or organization from an expensive data breach. Email encryption can help your organization protect against the most common form of data breach and better comply with HIPAA standards.
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On January 6, 2016, in a dramatic national press conference, President Obama announced several actions by his administration to address gun violence in the US. One of these actions is a long-planned modification to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The same day, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Final Rule adding a permitted disclosure to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which expressly permits a limited number of Covered Entities to disclose protected health information (PHI) of certain individuals to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The modification is aimed at removing one barrier to expanding the quality of the information in NICS, which is used by firearms vendors to disqualify potential purchasers who are federally barred from owning firearms.
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One of the key elements of any healthcare provider’s risk management plan is securing professional liability (also known as “medical malpractice”) insurance coverage. But, all professional liability policies are not created equal. When considering which policy to purchase, physicians and other healthcare providers should thoroughly examine and understand who the policy covers, how coverage is triggered, and the types of patient claims that are eligible for coverage. . . .
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