BNA Books' New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to 'E-Health Business and Transactional Law' Provides Vital Information for an Industry Increasingly Reliant on Information Technology

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to E-Health Business and Transactional Law. The treatise and its supplement are published by BNA Books in cooperation with the American Bar Association (ABA) Health Law Section.

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E-health is one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of the health care industry, and as this highly regulated industry becomes more dependent on information technology, new and unfamiliar legal issues confront the health law practitioner. E-Health Business and Transactional Law with 2009 Cumulative Supplement provides clear guidance on medical records management, Internet advertising of drugs and devices, and click wrap agreements; online prescribing, ordering, and claims processing; and telemedicine, remote monitoring, and online disease management.

This treatise also includes a due diligence checklist, sample language, and sample form agreements for e-health transactions, including:

• HIPAA Business Associate Agreements
• Content and Services Agreement
• Content License and Co-branding Agreement
• Deep Linking Agreement
• Agreement for Medical Director Services.

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement contains valuable information for keeping abreast of the rapid changing rules in electronic health laws, such as:

• Significant changes to HIPAA privacy standards under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), including additional duties on covered entities and business associates, such as attorneys, to notify individuals of privacy breaches
• HITECH Act guidance on the technologies and methodologies that may be used to render protected health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable
• New guidance from CMS with regard to the anti-kickback statute, the Stark Law, and fraud and abuse laws
• Recent cases pertaining to proprietary rights in technology and information
• Recent information for professional licensure and liability issues, including new details about telemedicine, pharmacogenetics, public health emergencies, the interstate and international practices of medicine, and electronic health information
• Current regulations for drug e-prescribing and dispensing and other pharmaceutical laws

The Supplement also contains the most current details about HIPAA enforcement activities, civil money penalties, criminal penalties, complaints, and investigations.

Barbara Bennett is Editor-in-Chief of the Main Volume, and June M. Sullivan is Editor-in-Chief of the Supplement. The main volume and supplement include contributions from more than two dozen ABA Health Law Section members.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to the E-Health Business and Transactional Law with 2009 Cumulative Supplement, BNA's Book Division publishes Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives; Managed Care Litigation; Pharmaceutical Patent Law; Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements; Prosecuting and Defending Health Care Fraud Cases; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to E-Health Business and Transactional Law may be purchased alone (638 pp. Order #1796/$195.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling), or with the main volume (782 pp. Hardcover with 2009 Cumulative Supplement/Order # 9796/$345.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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