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CA proposes medical record privacy rules

August 27, 2008 — 10:42am ET | By Anne Zieger
The California legislature is considering a new bill that imposes health data privacy protections above and beyond those already required by HIPAA, alarmed by a recent rash of medical record snooping... Read more...

Data on TX HIV/AIDS patients stolen

August 11, 2008 — 10:21am ET | By Anne Zieger
Recently, a low-level administrator in Texas' Harris County Hospital District inappropriately downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients with HIV, AIDS and other medical conditions... Read more...

Seattle health system will pay $100K HIPAA fine

July 18, 2008 — 10:47am ET | By Anne Zieger
A Seattle-based health system has agreed to pay a $100,000 HIPAA fine--as well as improve its medical data security--after failing to properly secure data backup tapes, disks and laptops. During 2005... Read more...

HIPAA prosecution targets AR clinic's employee

July 7, 2008 — 5:07am ET | By Anne Zieger
A new HIPAA criminal case suggests that healthcare organizations may be not criminally liable for employee disclosures of protected health information if they have strong protections in place or are... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Medical privacy comes at a cost

November 15, 2007 — 7:59am ET
No one argues that protecting patients' medical privacy is a good thing--in theory. In practice, however, some researchers are arguing that medical privacy rules issued in the wake of HIPAA have... Read more...

Union fights suspensions for workers viewing star's records

October 12, 2007 — 6:59am ET
A union representing hospital employees accused of improperly viewing television and movie actor George's Clooney's medical records says the Palisades Medical Center executives have come down too... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: HIPAA confusion fueled Virginia Tech shootings

September 4, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Everyone now knows that Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was mentally ill. But would knowing his long history of mental health treatment have helped to prevent the tragedy? Some are saying that if... Read more...

Senator works to limit resale of pharmacy data

June 21, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Right now, pharmacies are allowed to transfer or sell off assets--including prescribing information, Social Security numbers and medical data--to anyone they choose, thanks to a loophole in HIPAA. This is a sharp contrast with other areas of medicine; for example, doctors are required by federal law to let patients know whenever they share that patient's information. But this doesn't sit well with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). He's asking HHS secretary Michael Leavitt to push for changes …

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ALSO NOTED: Health plans offer credit cards for health financing; CMS extends NPI deadline; and much more...

April 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Health insurers are jumping into the credit card market, hoping to profit from consumers' need to finance excess medical costs. Article

> CMS has effectively extended the deadline by which providers must have their HIPAA-required National Provider Identifier number. …

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ALSO NOTED: Bill fights FL DSH cuts; OH nurse practitioners ask for more prescribing power; and much more...

March 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> A new bill would stop CMS from cutting disproportionate share funding for Florida hospitals. Article

> Ohio's nurse practitioners are asking the state for broader prescribing powers. Article

> The healthcare business is booming in Livingston County, Michigan, and facilities throughout the region are expanding to meet demand. …

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