tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 5

HIPAA: HIPAA Trumps State Law, Court Rules

Physicians will still have to lay bare their patient records in legal proceedings in spite of stringent state and federal laws protecting patient information, one court ruled. The ruling in U.S. ex rel Mary Jane Stewart et al. vs. The Louisiana Clinic et al. (99-1767) could make life more difficult for physicians in billing disputes and False Claims Act cases. The U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana ruled that the Louisiana Clinic must hand over patient records in spite of a state law imposing liability on the clinic if it revealed patient information to anyone without authorization...

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