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As if it were not bad enough that hackers are attacking retail businesses like Target and Neiman Marcus to obtain consumer credit card information, it turns out that the bad guys are also targeting health-care records. According to sources cited in a...

Two disturbing stories from the Canadian press: Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry Canadian woman refused U.S. entry because of depression "A document completed by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer says that at a...

Defendant, not applicant, has mandatory obligation to forward all relevant medical records to IMR In Garibay-Jimenez v. Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, a WCAB panel rescinded the WCJ’s order denying...

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 81 No. 10 Oct 2016 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE...

I. How NOT to Request That the Record Be Developed In the Noteworthy Panel Decision (NPD) of Quintero v. PBC Holding Corporation dba Commercial Cleaning Systems , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 610 [ 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 610 ], applicant...

By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. ***WARNING: The following analysis is based on the 8/24/2012 version of SB 863. On 8/31/2012, the Legislature passed SB 863. Be sure to check the final version of SB 863 posted on the Legislature website.*** The proposed...

By Bridget M. Cohee, Member With the nationwide move to using electronic medical records in lieu of paper charts, the duty to preserve evidence has become a more complicated process for medical providers. The duty to preserve evidence arises when a...

In People v. Ortega [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available from lexisONE Free Case Law ], the New York Court of Appeals addressed for the first time in more than 50 years the admissibility of hearsay statements...

The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) significantly expanded the privacy and security obligations associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The HIPAA privacy regulations...

OCOEE, Fla. - (AP) A nurse who was fired for looking at golfer Tiger Woods' medical records in the days after his November 2009 car crash is suing an Orlando-area hospital for defamation. David M. Rothenberg has sued Health Central for $400,000...

Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the March 2011 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. City and County of San Francisco, PSI, Petitioner v. Workers'...

By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. ***WARNING: The following analysis is based on the 8/24/2012 version of SB 863. On 8/31/2012, the Legislature passed SB 863. Be sure to check the final version of SB 863 posted on the Legislature website.*** The...

Well this is the post of Christmas "present" ...meaning in the here and now. I say that because this ruling is no Christmas gift to Dr. Irwin Lifrak who has the distinction of being the first doctor fined for excess photocopy charges, in violation...

VERMONT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS McNally v. Department of PATH , 2010 VT 99 (Oct. 28, 2010). Court reverses and remands on direct appeal from Commissioner for error in application of legal analysis of compensability. "In performing this fundamental...

A recent AARP Bulletin article highlights the need to protect medical records from identity thieves. Identity thieves call medical records "fulls," because they contain information such as Social Security numbers, addresses, or payment accounts...