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Doctor/Patient Confidentiality and Abuse Allegations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. ' 1320(d) <i>et seq.</i> (HIPAA), was meant to offer a baseline for the disclosure of individual medical information. The law, calling for standards to be promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, became effective in April 2001 and full compliance was required by April 2003. <i>Crenshaw v. Mony et al.</i>, 318 F. Supp. 2d 1015, 1027 (D.S.D. Cal. 2004). The regulations are hardly a model of clarity, even for federal regulations, and frequent reference to state law and state reporting agencies can heighten the confusion.

25 minute read April 27, 2006 at 02:41 PM
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R. Collin Middleton
Doctor/Patient Confidentiality and Abuse Allegations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. ' 1320(d) et seq. (HIPAA), was meant to offer a baseline for the disclosure of individual medical information.

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