The development of safe and effective medicines that prevent or treat diseases or injuries is one of the most significant of human endeavors. Scientific, religious, and social influences have contributed to the evolution of the processes involved in this field, ...

The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has made healthcare administration more efficient. From the Privacy Rule to authorized disclosures to consumer and patient protections, it’s undeniable that HIPAA has transformed healthcare law. Some of HIPAA’s most overlooked aspects ...

In an advisory release recently sent to clients that are healthcare providers, Akerman LLP, one of the United States’ largest law firms, cautioned, “Smaller Providers need to remember that HIPAA is not the only law requiring the appropriate safeguarding of ...

HIPAA Enforcement According to health privacy experts, the first part of 2018 was a “light” time for enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as HIPAA. As of April, there were only two publicly-disclosed settlements for ...

Healthcare organizations face difficulties as they try to keep pace against cybersecurity threats that can compromise patient health information. A recent study revealed that twenty-four percent of healthcare employees had trouble identifying a handful of common signs of malware and ...

In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA. HIPAA regulates the privacy and security of health information in the United States. Congress passed HIPAA with several goals in mind. First, ...

Health insurance law covers a broad range of legal issues. In our final module, we’ll discuss several special topics that involve policy holders, health insurers, employers and government agencies. These special topics include how group health insurance operates, coordination of ...

An insurance policy can be either claims-made or occurrence.[1] An occurrence policy protects the policyholder from any incident that occurs during the policy period, regardless of when she files the claim for medical services received. On the other hand, a claims-made policy only covers ...

Pre-Existing Conditions             A pre-existing condition is a health problem that an insured person has before the start of health insurance coverage.[1] Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health insurers in most states could deny coverage ...

Health Insurance and Insurance Policy Exclusions  Health insurance is a type of insurance that covers the cost of an insured person’s medical and surgical expenses in case of illness.[1] The insured’s health insurance coverage applies to any disability or disease arising ...