A collection of insights into the HIPAA Omnibus final rule

MedCity News puts together reference guide to the impact of rules changes that have recently gone into effect

By Healthcare Facilities Today


MedCity News has assembled a multimedia reference guide to the impact of the HIPAA Omnibus final rule that has recently gone into effect. The articles listed include:

• Law firm Ballard Spahr offers a PowerPoint presentation explaining the new rule on its website with particular emphasis on state breach laws that are not overshadowed or rendered mute by new HIPAA requirements.

Greenberg Traurig has a compliance checklist posted by FDA and life science attorney Miki Kolton on its Lexicology blog

• Health IT consulting group Priority One outlined what physician practices need to do to comply with HIPAA on the Practice Notes blog a website for UBM publication Physicians Practice.

• Emily Richmond’s article on Practice Fusion’s blog speaks to small physician practices. 

• The American Medical Association has a toolkit that includes FAQs about encryption for personal health information.

Read the article.



October 1, 2013


Topic Area: Information Technology


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