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Sources say that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will soon direct a new round of random audits to verify compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act). OCR is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy […]

New Jersey Bill no. 562 requires health insurers in the state to encrypt personal information stored in their system. Insurance carriers shall not maintain computerized records that include personal information, “unless that information is secured by encryption or by any other method or technology”. The requirement is stronger than what’s included in HIPAA, which considers encryption […]

Employer held responsible for employee’s HIPAA privacy violations On November 14, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Indiana found a pharmacist and her employer liable for the damages sustained by a customer as a result of the employee’s HIPAA breach. The pharmacist breached one of her most sacred duties by viewing the prescription records of […]

  In my talk I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to a […]

  In my talk I will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to […]

Partner at Barton, LLP Expertise As a litigator, trial lawyer and counselor, Kenneth N. Rashbaum has been the trusted advisor to multiple health care providers, health plans and multinational corporations on information governance and its compliance with federal, state, and international law, the interface of electronic information of legal and regulatory liabilities, and international judicial […]

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. Subtitle D of the HITECH Act addresses the privacy and security concerns associated […]

Professional Ethics Commission Topics: Client Confidences: Confidential firm data held electronically and handled by technicians for third-party vendors From the opinion: “[A]n attorney may utilize transcription and computer server backup services remote from both the lawyer’s physical office and the lawyer’s direct control or supervision without violating the attorney’s ethical obligation to maintain client confidentiality. […]