Jon Cassidy writes: The Drug Enforcement Administration has been sifting through hundreds of supposedly private medical files, looking for Texas doctors and patients to prosecute without the use of warrants. Instead, the agents are tricking doctors and nurses into thinking they’re with the Texas Medical Board. When that doesn’t work, they’re sending doctors subpoenas demanding…
Category: Healthcare
State Law Claim for Invasion of Privacy Escapes ERISA Preemption: Rose v. HealthComp, Inc.
Mark Thomas of Williams Mullen writes: A federal court recently held that the plaintiff’s claims under state law survived ERISA preemption, and remanded the case to state court to determine the plaintiff’s claims for invasion of privacy and unfair business practices arising from the administrator’s disclosure of her medical records to her employer. While rooted…
Panic Erupts In Porn Industry As AIDS Healthcare Foundation Mandates Performers To Release Health Records
Kristin Magaldi reports: In a recent mandate made by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) that spurned panic in the adult film industry, performer health records dating back to 2007 are to be reviewed to help diminish the spread of STDs. The subpoenas detailed that test results and information from health care facilities like Cutting Edge Testing,…
Activists Pursue Private Abortion Details Using Public Records Laws
Charles Ornstein reports: A few years back, Jonathan Bloedow filed a series of requests under Washington state’s Public Records Act asking for details on pregnancies terminated at abortion clinics around the state. For every abortion, he wanted information about the woman’s age and race, where she lived, how long she had been pregnant and how…