HIPAA privacy case may continue
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, October 16, 2006
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A HIPAA privacy case that the United States Supreme Court recently declined to hear may not be dead after all, reports Health Data Management (HDM).
Plaintiffs, including the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, argued that eliminating the consent requirement violated several constitutional rights, as well as Congress' intent under the HIPAA law. As a result of the Supreme Court's refusal to take the case, the plaintiffs are considering amending the lawsuit or filing a new lawsuit against HHS, the plaintiffs' lawyer James Pyles told HDM.
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