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Episode 30: Can I Be Sued Under HIPAA?
Help Me With HIPAA
English - December 04, 2015 11:30 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsBusiness Technology hipaa businessassociate coveredentity privacy security Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 29: HIPAA Black Friday Sale
The HIPAA legislation itself does not include the option for individual patients to sue any CE or BA that may violate their privacy protections included in the law.
HITECH added the ability for the States Attorney General offices to file a cased on behalf of their constituents, however.
The biggest change, however, is the ruling by several State Supreme Courts that allows a complaint to use HIPAA as a legal standard of care. That opens the door for all kinds of options.
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