The eHealth, Privacy & Security Interest Group focuses on cutting edge issues dealing with technology and privacy as they relate to healthcare. Substantive topics of interest to committee members include health information privacy and security, electronic communications, electronic transactions and telehealth. The Interest Group will seek to encourage discussion and debate on emerging legal issues in these areas.

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Current Interest Group Roster (433 members)
(Accessible to ABA Members)

Chairs

Chairs:
Marc D. Goldstone
Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Division II)
Community Health Systems
P.O. Box 689020 (37068-9020)
4000 Meridian Boulevard
Franklin, TN 37067
T: 615/465-7352 F: 615/465-3012
Marc_Goldstone@CHS.net

Vice Chairs:
Jacqueline Myles Crain
Trenam Kemker Scharf Barkin Frye O'Neil & Mullis
200 Central Avenue, Suite 1600
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
T: 727/824-6179 F: 727/824-6169
jcrain@trenam.com

W. Andrew H. Gantt III
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 11th St., NW, Ste. 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1304
T: 202/637-2259 F: 202-637-2201
andrew.gantt@lw.com

R. Harold McCard, Jr.
Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Operations)
Community Health Systems
4000 Meridian Boulevard
Franklin, TN 37067
T: 615/628-6520 F: 615/465-2871
Hal_McCard@chs.net

Liaisons

Government Submissions & Policy
Michael Robert Manthei
Holland & Knight LLP-Boston
10 St James Ave
Boston, MA 02116-3813
T : 617/305-2160 F: 617/878-1306
michael.manthei@hklaw.com

Membership
Jacqueline Myles Crain
Trenam Kemker Scharf Barkin Frye O'Neil & Mullis
200 Central Avenue, Suite 1600
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
T: 727/896-7171 F: 727/824-6169
jcrain@trenam.com

Technology
Steven J. Fox
Pepper Hamilton LLP
600 Fourteenth St., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
T: 202/220-1260 F: 202/318-2547
foxsj@pepperlaw.com

Public Affairs Monitor
Brad M Rostolsky
Reed SmithLLP
2500 One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
T: 215/851-8195 F: 215/851-1420
brostolsky@reedsmith.com

Focused Program

• Health Information Technology
• HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Reviews
• Despite Reported Progress, Federal Agencies Need to Address Persistent Weaknesses. GAO-07-837
• The Health Information Privacy and Security Act of 2007 - Section by Section Summary
• HIPAA Preemption Decision, Issued by the Georgia Supreme Court
• Cuomo Obtains First Agreement For Violation Of Security Breach Notification Law
• The President's Identity Theft Task Force: Combating Identity Theft A Strategic Plan
• HHS Launches New Web site on HIPAA Privacy Compliance and Enforcement
• FTC Unveils Practical Suggestions for Businesses on Safeguarding Personal Information
• Security Guidance for Remote Access to ePHI
• President’s Identity Theft Task Force Summary Of Interim Recommendations
• HIPAA Prosecution In Florida
• Domestic and Offshore Outsourcing of Personal Information in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE
• Safe Harbors for Certain Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Arrangements Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
• Medicare Program; Physicians' Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships; Exceptions for Certain Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Arrangements
• NO. 12-05-00310-CV: In The Court Of Appeals Twelfth Court Of Appeals District Tyler, TX
• Testimony of Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006
• Who is Subject to Criminal Prosecution under HIPAA? by Peter A. Winn, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC

• 2007 - 2008 eHealth, Privacy & Security Interest Group Action Plan
• HIPAA Questions & Answers