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…
Category: Healthcare
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…
Your Mental Health Record Isn’t As Private As You Think — So Choose Your Health Provider Wisely
S. E. Smith writes: When you’re mentally ill, one of your worst nightmares is being outed. Every week, I read about people who share my diagnosis being shot to death by police, injured, or killed in hate crimes, fired from their jobs, abandoned by their partners. Even as a journalist who is out about dealing with…