Brooks Pierce Partner Provides Insight for Health Care Providers Facing Subpoenas in AHLA Health Law Weekly

Brooks Pierce partner Claire O'Brien breaks down the key legal considerations health care providers face when responding to subpoenas and other legal demands for patient records in an article for American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Health Law Weekly. She explains that the answer to whether a provider can produce patient records hinges on the source of the demand, the type of information requested, and the specific laws that apply. Those laws include HIPAA, the federal protections for substance use disorder records, and state privacy statutes. 

With 12,000 members, AHLA is the nation’s largest educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field. Its mission is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

O'Brien advises companies and individuals in the health care, medical device and pharmaceutical industries on a myriad of regulatory compliance issues.

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