Foley July 26, 2022
Thank you to co-author Danny Costandy, a summer associate in Foley’s San Diego office, for his contributions to this post.
Many California health care providers, including hospitals and physician groups, will soon be required to sign on to California’s first-ever statewide data sharing agreement governing the exchange of health and social services information.
The new requirement neatly illustrates the exacting compliance standards faced by today’s health care providers: confidentiality laws that have long limited permissible disclosures of health information must now be considered alongside a new regime of rules designed to prevent obstruction of legitimate access to health information. Achieving compliance requires the perfect balance of disclosing what is required and holding back what is protected.
The new...