by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
One of the most commonly used visa categories for U.S. employers to employ foreign nationals is the H-1B for temporary workers. H-1B visa status is available to an individual who will perform services in a “specialty occupation” that generally requires a...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
You've heard of HIPAA, but you've relegated it to something applicable only to health care companies. You've heard some of the recent hype about increasing penalties and aggressive enforcement, but you haven't paid much attention, happy knowing that...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited final HIPAA regulations commonly referred to as the Omnibus Rule. These new regulations (1) implement changes to HIPAA that were...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On January 2, 2013, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and entered a two-year corrective action plan to resolve allegations that it violated HIPAA’s Security Rule. This...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Wiggin and Dana LLP recently held its Fifth Annual Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Roundtable, where state and federal enforcement officials discussed HIPAA/HITECH enforcement priorities and breach notification requirements with members of the health care...
