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Davis Wright Tremaine's HIPAA practice is a critical part of the HIT/HIPAA Group. Technologies, particularly the Internet, are changing the way health care goods and services are delivered and the way health care information is transmitted and maintained, just as they have transformed so many other aspects of our lives. Health Care is among the most regulated industries—and new and existing laws and regulations are increasingly being applied to health information technology (HIT) health care transactions. Of note, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, will have far-reaching effects on "covered entities," including providers, plans and clearinghouses, and their business associates. We strive to furnish practical answers and strategies to HIPAA issues, as well as myriad issues relating to HIT.

As a health care organization facing the challenges and opportunities of new technologies, you need quality, current legal advice in many overlapping areas, such as health care regulatory law, Internet law, HIPAA, securities law, intellectual property law, taxation law, information protection and confidentiality, First Amendment law, legislation, and perhaps civil and criminal litigation. A far-sighted multidisciplinary approach to eHealth and HIPAA regulation is critical. DWT can help your health care organization or eHealth business anticipate tomorrow's regulatory climate.

Much information is available on our website, including leading articles and checklists to aid in analyzing HIPAA. You can review these HIPAA tools on this site. Please call one of our HIT/HIPAA practice members if you have questions about any of these tools.

Further, DWT is the first law firm to join WEDi, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange. WEDi is the leading national HIPAA compliance organization (http://www.wedi.org/) and works closely with the federal government on HIT policy issues. Our lawyers also regularly appear before a variety of groups across the country to explain HIPAA and its impact.

We offer a variety of HIPAA services to our clients who must comply with HIPAA: providers (who engage in electronic transactions ranging from integrated delivery networks and tertiary care facilities to small physician practices and clinics, long-term care facilities to home health agencies, and include pharmacies, imaging centers, and laboratories), health care clearinghouses, health plans, employee benefit plans, sponsors of Medicare prescription drug cards, quality assurance and utilization review entities, vendors of software, Internet-based and/or HIT products and services, and consulting firms.

If you have the need for HIPAA-related legal services and don't see what you require in the list below, please call any member of our HIPAA task force team. DWT is on the leading edge of helping clients with HIPAA issues, and we can bring special experience to help you with your organization's HIPAA issues.

Attached is a general list of DWT's HIPAA-related services for health care providers, plans, clearinghouses and sponsors of Medicare prescription drug cards ("covered entities") and for vendors and suppliers of goods and services to covered entities. We furnish similar counsel for all our health care and HIT clients.

• Legal Services for Covered Entities
• Evaluation and Implementation of HIPAA Compliance Plans for Covered Entities
• Legal Services for Suppliers of Goods and Services to Covered Entities

If you have the need for HIPAA-related legal services and don't see what you require in the list below, please call any member of the HIT/HIPAA practice. DWT is on the leading edge of helping clients with HIPAA issues, and we can bring special experience to help you with your organization's HIPAA issues.

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