Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Florida Hospital Data Theft
By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm A Davenport, Florida, man was sentenced to four years in prison for paying off two Florida Hospital employees to illegally access patient records,...
View ArticleRelocating, Selling or Closing Your Medical Practice? Be Sure to Comply with...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Relocating, selling or retiring is never an easy decision for a physician. On top of patients’ anxiety...
View ArticleAffinity Health Plan Settles with Government in Photocopier HIPAA Breach...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and Affinity Health...
View ArticleNew Requirements Released for Physician Medical Records Related to Compounded...
By Michael L. Smith, R.R.T., J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law and George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 5, 2013,...
View ArticleTwo Laptops Containing Information of 729,000 Patients Stolen from California...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The personal health information of around 729,000 patients has been compromised following the theft of two...
View ArticleDermatology Practice Settles with Government After Stolen USB Drive Results...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and Adult &...
View ArticleData Breach at Colorado Hospital Highlights IT Security Risks
By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm A small rural hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, has identified a virus on its computer network that had captured and stored screen shots of protected...
View ArticleHIPAA Fines, Mobile Devices and Risk Assessments: Follow the Steps or Pay the...
By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm Two separate entities have agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 in fines...
View ArticlePediatricians Who Are Targets of Medicaid Audits Should Request Hearings on...
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law We have recently been contacted by several pediatric practices that were subject to Medicaid audits. In...
View ArticleDon’t Ring in the New Year with a HIPAA Audit – Safeguard Yourself Now
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Here’s a scary reminder: There are people attempting to hack into electronic health systems every second...
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