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...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The Act Recognizing Connecticut’s need for an economic boost in the current business climate, last session the legislature—with support from Governor Malloy—enacted An Act Promoting Economic Growth and Job Creation in the State (the Act). [1] The Act authorizes...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Anand Sharma, India’s Minister for Industry and Commerce, announced April 8th that India has deposited with the World Intellectual Property Organization the instruments of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks. The Madrid...
