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HIPAA HITECH & HIT Blog: Athletes Do Not Leave Their HIPAA Rights At The Locker Room Door
23 July 2015
Fox Rothschild LLP
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On the firm's HIPAA, HITECH & HIT Blog, Fox partner Elizabeth Litten published a post yesterday noting two recent high-profile instances of
HIPAA breaches involving professional athletes, and reviewing a
2002 clarification by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services that a professional athlete has the same HIPAA rights as
any other individual.
Fox partner Bill Maruca also recently discussed one of the instances in detail – a tweet
by ESPN reporter Adam Schefter containing a screenshot of hospital
records from hand injuries suffered by New York Giants defensive
end Jason Pierre-Paul on July 4.
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