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Employee Benefits Update – September 2009
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") required, among other things, that the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS") issue regulations that addressed how "covered entities" (i.e., health plans, health care providers, and health care clearinghouses) must protect individual health information ("PHI") and electronic PHI. Covered entities have been complying with these rules since their enactment.
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Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.
