Health Care Law Blog

"Keeping an eye on health care law. Thoughts and comments on the health care industry, privacy, security, technology and other odds and ends. ...

"Focused on helping health care providers weave through the numerous and often overlapping state and federal regulations governing the health care industry and assisting them in business issues. Interested in the application of technology to the practice of law and medicine, including issues involving privacy of health data, social networking and the evolution and adoption of electronic medical record systems and other uses of technology to make health care better in the future for you and me"

Author: Bob Coffield is a lawyer in Charleston, W.Va.

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Recent Posts from Health Care Law Blog

Visualizing HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act
Below is a visual of the top 500 words used in HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act. Since most people (including many of our representatives in Washington) haven't read all 1,990 pages of…
Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog)
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) has launched a new blog called the Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog).The initial post by Judy Sparrow discusses that the FACA Blog will…
West Virginia H1N1 (Swine) Flu Resource Center
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) unveiled a website for sharing information and updates specific to West Virginia about the H1N1 Flu also known as Swine Flu. The website has information…
HIPAA Enforcement Meets HITECH: HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Rule
On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule, 45 CFR Part 160 (74 Federal Register 56123, October 30, 2009).This…
Congressional Members Concerned About HHS Inclusion of "Harm Standard" In Breach Notification Rule
Members of the U.S. House of Representative submitted an October 1, 2009 letter of concern to Secretary Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning inclusion of a "harm standard" in the…
ARRA - HITECH: Health Care Information Breach Notification Regulations Now In Effect
Have you had a health data security breach? Do you know what a health data breach is? Are you required to notify individuals impacted by the breach? Do you have to notify federal agencies of…
Create WV Conference 2009: A personal invitation to attend . . .
Over the last few years I have been involved in Create West Virginia, an organization affiliated with Vision Shared whose mission to create and stimulate new economy growth and empower West Virginians to grow creative…
West Virginia's Statewide Health Information Technology Strategic Plan
Over the past several months I have been involved with a group in developing West Virginia's statewide strategic plan for health information technology.The final draft of the West Virginia Health Information Technology Statewide Strategic Plan,…
Mandatory Reading Before President Obama's Speech Tonight On Health Care
This morning I finally got around to reading the article by David Goldhill, CEO of the Game Show Network, in the Atlantic. How American Health Care Killed My Father is a thought provoking look at…
OCR Designates HIPAA Regional Office Privacy Advisors
The Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director for the Office for Civil Rights, Robinsue Frohboese, has designated Office for Civil Rights Regional Managers in each of the HHS Regional Offices to serve as the Regional…