Case Study: Patient Privacy Obligations

We have particular expertise and experience in advising health care clients on their patient privacy obligations under Colorado law and the new Federal Privacy Rule implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.  When the HIPAA Privacy Rule became effective on April 14, 2003, our attorneys already had spent many months intensively preparing a number of major hospital clients for compliance.  Now that HIPAA is an important part of their daily routine, we provide our clients with ongoing advice and guidance in this emergent field, conduct training programs to ensure continued compliance with these complex new rules, and handle privacy-related litigation that arises under HIPAA and state privacy laws.