When dealing with a cybersecurity incident response, nonprofit healthcare systems have different constituents to consider. Patients and staff who risk having personal information exposed or procedures postponed are the most important, but bondholders of a system’s debt also will want to know about the incident. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently updated its Compliance and…

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as modified by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HIPAA) requires Covered Entities (CEs), Business Associates (BAs) and Business Associate subcontractors to enter into written agreements governing each party’s rights and…

Applicable Provider Types: All

Is Your Entity in Compliance?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as modified by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HIPAA) requires covered entities and their business associates to implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain and correct security violations. Under…

For over 100 years, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has been developing model legislation to encourage uniformity among states for the regulation of insurance products.  The NAIC model laws and guidelines are proposed statements of insurance regulation for all 50 states as well as the other jurisdictions (such as D.C. and Guam).  Once…

On Nov. 30, the Illinois Supreme Court, in Mosby v. The Ingalls Memorial Hospital et al., held that certain healthcare providers’ biometric data, used for healthcare operational purposes under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is not protected under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Read on for details about this development and why…

On Dec. 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced its intent to file a notice of proposed rulemaking related to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule — the first proposed changes to the rule in 10 years.

What are some of the key proposed changes?

• Separate Opt-In for Targeted Advertising.  Covered service operators are required

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Last week, Merck & Co. filed documents with the Supreme Court of New Jersey indicating that it reached a settlement with its “all risk” property insurers in a long-running coverage dispute involving over $1.4 billion in losses stemming from a 2017 NotPetya cyberattack that impacted tens of thousands of Merck computers. Read on for analysis…