News & Updates on Legal, Policy, & Business Issues Facing the Health Care Industry in Iowa
Review of In the Interest of A.M. v. Thomas, Iowa Supreme Court, November 21, 2014
Summary. In a case it calls one of first impression, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a subpoena to compel the testimony of a psychotherapist regarding the…
The October 24, 2014 posting (last in this series) addresses practical considerations for physicians using telemedicine, in meeting several of the proposed rule’s requirements as well as the proposed rule’s specific requirements re: financial interests, links to internet sites, prohibited relationships with preferred pharmacies, and prohibited internet transactions for prescribing controlled substances.
Requirements (standards) for …
Courts across the country have routinely decided that HIPAA does not create or authorize a private right of action. [See Doe v. Board of Trs. of Univ. of Ill., 429 F. Supp.2d 930, 944 (N.D. Ill. 2006); Slue v. New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 409 F. Supp.2d 349, 373 (S.D.N.Y. 2006); See about 8th…