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Helen A. Zamboni
Feb 23, 20213 min read
Ask An Attorney - Fulfilling Patient Requests For Their Medical Records
Question: 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. Zamboni
Aug 28, 20202 min read
OCR Issues Advisory to Assist Providers in Avoidance of HIPAA Violations
The 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. Zamboni
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Feds “Double Down” on Nursing Homes to Contain COVID-19
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release yesterday (August 25, 2020) about its proposed interi...
Helen A. Zamboni
Mar 17, 20172 min read
Ask An Attorney: Questions About E-Prescribing
Though 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. Zamboni
Jun 20, 20165 min read
The 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. Zamboni
Jun 30, 20152 min read
Ask 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. Zamboni
Nov 20, 20144 min read
Non-Profit Revitalization Act
The 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. Zamboni
Mar 1, 20142 min read
Ask An Attorney: Patient Communications
There is more and more emphasis on improving physician communication with patients to provide better outcomes at reduced cost. I am conce...
Helen A. Zamboni
Oct 9, 20132 min read
Legal Alert: $1.2M Settlement for HIPAA Breach Based on Photocopier Storage of PHI
On August 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an agreement with Affinity Health Plan, Inc. (Affini...
Helen A. Zamboni
Oct 15, 20101 min read
Legal Alert: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the recently adopted federal health care reform law was signed into law on March...
Helen A. Zamboni
Oct 15, 20101 min read
Legal Alert: Medicaid Compliance Certification
Effective October 1, 2009, any entity that received $500,000 or more in reimbursements from New York Medicaid were required to have in pl...
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