Helen A. ZamboniFeb 23, 20213 minAsk An Attorney - Fulfilling Patient Requests For Their Medical RecordsQuestion: It’s a good thing that many patients are becoming more actively involved in their care, but my practice is finding it difficult...
Helen A. ZamboniAug 28, 20202 minOCR Issues Advisory to Assist Providers in Avoidance of HIPAA ViolationsThe Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) is charged with the enforcement of the Health...
Helen A. ZamboniAug 27, 20202 minFeds “Double Down” on Nursing Homes to Contain COVID-19The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release yesterday (August 25, 2020) about its proposed interi...
Helen A. ZamboniMar 17, 20172 minAsk An Attorney: Questions About E-PrescribingThough we are now almost a year into mandatory e-prescribing, I still have some questions, especially when things don’t happen in the standa
Helen A. ZamboniJun 20, 20165 minThe Legal Implications of Medical Records in the Digital Age – A Brave New World or “Same Old"?The push for hospitals and medical practices to implement electronic medical records systems (EMRS) went into high gear with the passage...
Helen A. ZamboniJun 30, 20152 minAsk an Attorney: Communication When Transitioning Patient Care As providers, we are being asked to improve our communications with each other and family members about the patients we serve in common as..
Helen A. ZamboniNov 20, 20144 minNon-Profit Revitalization ActThe Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013 (the Act) is the first major overhaul of New York’s Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (the NFP Law)..
Helen A. ZamboniMar 1, 20142 minAsk An Attorney: Patient CommunicationsThere is more and more emphasis on improving physician communication with patients to provide better outcomes at reduced cost. I am conce...
Helen A. ZamboniOct 9, 20132 minLegal Alert: $1.2M Settlement for HIPAA Breach Based on Photocopier Storage of PHIOn August 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an agreement with Affinity Health Plan, Inc. (Affini...