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September 17, 2021   
Health Law Weekly

U.S. Court in Texas Says Academic Medical Center Can’t Rely on HIPAA, FERPA to Shield Documents from Discovery

  • September 17, 2021

Neither the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) nor the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) shielded from discovery certain documents in a racial discrimination claim by a former resident against a teaching hospital, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held September 9.

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