tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 8

HIPAA: Lawsuit Aims to Slow HIPAA Juggernaut

Privacy advocates and other healthcare groups representing patients who charge that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act unfairly provides greater access to patients' medical records took their concerns to court earlier this month. Filed April 10 in district court for the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the lawsuit aims to block certain sections of the privacy rule, specifically the section that obviates the need for patient consent before medical information is shared with health plans, billing companies or their business associates. The plaintiffs include Citizens for Health, the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals...

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