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Email The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“HIPAA”) should be now well-known to health care providers and health plans. Under HIPAA’s “Privacy Rule,” covered entities must take steps to “reasonably safeguard” protected health information (“PHI”) from any “intentional or unintentional use or disclosure that is in violation of the standards, implementation specifications or other requirements” of the Privacy Rule. https://www.cadwalader.com/resources/clients-friends-memos/more-than-a-family-affair-six-figure-hipaa-penalty-upheld-for-unrepentant-home-care-agency-due-to-phi-access-by-spurned-spouse-of-employee