David Dias reports: Ontario tabled amendments that will strengthen the privacy of health-care information across the province through measures such as mandatory reporting of breaches, loosened rules around prosecution, and a doubling of fines for health-care workers caught snooping. Bill 119, which seeks to amend the 11-year-old Personal Health Information Protection Act, comes more than…
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Woman arrested at gynecologist appointment after clinic calls cops over fake ID?
Did a healthcare clinic in Texas call the cops and turn in a patient for presenting false ID? And if so, does that violate HIPAA? Michael Barajas reports: …. When Borrego arrived at the clinic last Thursday for her routine annual exam, staff told her they needed to update her file and, after she filled out some…
Texas: Med Board lets DEA sneak peeks at patient records
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…
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…