Posts from February 2018.
By Margaret Young Levi and Kathie McDonald-McClure
Among the many mandates of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a “Obama Care”) still in force today is Section 1557. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs or activities. The U.S ...
Allscripts' ransomware attack on its cloud-based platforms triggers HIPAA compliance obligations for "covered entities" who entered patient health information on those platforms. A putative class action lawsuit filed on behalf of providers using the Allscripts platforms alleges the attack was a HIPAA "breach". Providers who used these ...