Provider HIPAA & HITECH Compliance

Accused of Violating HIPAA? Legal Help for Medical Professionals

At Boesen & Snow Law, our legal team has extensive experience representing healthcare providers and businesses accused of HIPAA violations. Our HIPAA/HITECH Act defense lawyers can help organizations remain compliant with both HIPAA and HITECH regulations and can provide strong legal defense if and when allegations arise.

Experienced Legal Counsel for HIPAA/HITECH Act Violation Cases

HIPAA/HITECH statutes and regulations are among the most misunderstood laws in health care.  Our attorneys have decades of combined experience in healthcare law and have successfully helped many clients in the healthcare industry with a wide range of complex legal claims. The healthcare industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States, and any violations are taken very seriously by oversight agencies. If you have been accused of violating HIPAA/HITECH, we can help.

Ultimately, running any type of healthcare business is incredibly difficult. Business owners must not only preserve their bottom line and ensure the highest levels of patient care, but they must also comply with a wide range of complex state and federal regulations. Violations of the HIPAA/HITECH Act can be crippling for a business, and it is vital to know the value of working with HIPAA/HITECH Act defense lawyers you can trust in these situations.

How Your HIPAA/HITECH Act Defense Lawyers Can Help Your Business

Our HIPAA compliance attorneys at Boesen & Snow Law have successfully represented many healthcare industry clients in a wide range of cases, from medical license defense to ensuring regulatory compliance and various forms of contract drafting and review. Our firm has helped many healthcare organizations develop more robust systems for ensuring compliance with the HIPAA/HITECH Act, and we can apply this experience to your organization’s benefit.

Our firm can review the details of how your organization handles and stores patient health information. We can also assist you in drafting contracts that establish custody rights and responsibilities for all covered entities under the HIPAA/HITECH Act. If any violations occur, we can assist our client in fixing vulnerabilities so their penalties do not escalate.

Our HIPAA defense attorneys at Boesen & Snow Law have decades of combined professional experience in healthcare law. Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated and rapidly evolving industries in the United States, and maintaining compliance is absolutely crucial at all times. Having legal oversight that you trust and a dedicated advocate to assist you when you are accused of violating the HIPAA/HITECH Act is a tremendous advantage that our team is ready to provide.

FAQs

Q: Are Lawyers Bound by HIPAA?

A: Yes, lawyers are required to abide by the rules of HIPAA if providing services to Covered Entities or Business Associates and receive protected health information. Most people are aware of attorney-client privilege, which is the professional requirement for an attorney to keep all discussions with a client completely private, and a similar requirement applies to a client’s healthcare information. If an attorney violates HIPAA, they face severe professional consequences.

Q: How Much Does the HITECH Act Charge for Protected Patient Health Records?

A: The HITECH Act prevents any excessive fees for sending patient health information, enforcing cost-based fees that apply only to the labor and materials needed to copy and transmit the requested records. Covered entities may charge a flat fee of no more than $6.50 to transmit health records electronically, and costs for transmitting physical records must be reasonable, and the transmitting party must provide a cost breakdown for any such requested records.

Q: What Is the Penalty for Violating HIPAA or HITECH?

A: Penalties for HIPAA/HITECH violations function on a tiered scale, and single incidents can compound up to a maximum fine of $1.5 million. Different tiers of fines for single violations are based on whether the party in violation made a neglectful or conscious error, as well as whether they corrected the violation. For example, the penalty for a single violation from willful neglect without correction is $50,000 per violation.

Q: How Do I Comply With HITECH?

A: The purpose of the HITECH law is to ensure the highest levels of security for protected health information in an increasingly digital healthcare industry. Compliance with HITECH requires careful protection of all patient health information at all times. If new digital recordkeeping systems are implemented in any healthcare organization, it is imperative to ensure such systems are secure and will not present any digital or physical security vulnerabilities.

Q: What Do HIPAA/HITECH Act Defense Lawyers Do?

A: An experienced team of HIPAA/HITECH defense lawyers can provide comprehensive legal support for your healthcare business in various ways. If you have been accused of violating HIPAA/HITECH, your attorney can help prove that you upheld your legal obligations in good faith and potentially assist you in minimizing any assigned penalties. Your legal team can also provide guidance for minimizing the chance of future violations protecting your business.

Protect Your License: Speak With a HIPAA Compliance Lawyer Today

Our HIPAA defense attorneys at Boesen & Snow Law focus exclusively on representing healthcare providers. With extensive professional experience handling HIPAA/HITECH-related disputes, our firm is dedicated to helping medical professionals and organizations maintain compliance, defending against regulatory action. We understand the complexity of healthcare law and offer trusted legal guidance tailored to your role as a provider. Contact Boesen & Snow Law today to schedule a free consultation with a HIPAA/HITECH compliance attorney you can trust.