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Materiality, the False Claims Act, HIPAA and the HITECH Act

By Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA

July 24th 2025

Explore the intersection of HIPAA violations and the False Claims Act, highlighting compliance strategies to mitigate legal risks in healthcare.

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Clarifying a patient’s misunderstanding of the HIPAA privacy rule

By Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA

June 19th 2025

Understanding HIPAA's Privacy Rule clarifies how incidental disclosures in health care settings are permissible, ensuring patient privacy while facilitating essential communications.

What’s the difference between HIPAA requirements for covered entities, business associates and cybersecurity requirements for government contractors?

By Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA

May 8th 2025

Practice administrators seeking federal grants or contracts must look beyond HIPAA, completing SAM registration and adopting FAR 52.204‑21’s 15 essential cybersecurity controls to safeguard PHI, PII, FCI and CUI.

HIPAA highlights: 2 disturbing class actions, OCR risk analysis enforcement

By Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA

April 24th 2025

Two class-action lawsuits targeting the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System for years-long cyberstalking and unauthorized access to protected health information spotlight massive HIPAA risk-analysis failures and underscore the urgent need for stronger health care cybersecurity safeguards.

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