Tag: PHI

• Health Law

  Should your law firm sign a “Business Associate Agreement” at the request of a healthcare provider client? — Under new HIPAA regulations, it probably has no choice.

  • August 29, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Law Firms With Access to PHI are Business Associates Under  new HIPAA rules, law firms with access to protected health information (“PHI”) most likely qualify as “business associates.”  Pursuant to 45 CFR §160.103, a business associate is a non-employee of a covered entity who performs legal, actuarial, accounting, billing, administrative, accreditation, financial or similar services […]

• Health Law

  Both HIPAA and the FTC Apply to Digitally Stored Personal Information

  • March 5, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  In the ever-expanding field of health care law, the last thing health care entities and practitioners need is another agency creating rules and regulations that they must comply with, but that is exactly what has happened. FTC Act Compliance Now Required Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) refused to dismiss claims against LabMD Inc. […]