Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Case Study

So how does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act address new technologies and free speech or not address new technologies and free speech? There was a case in which a health company, Adheris, wanted to seek an injunction to block provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Omnibus Rule as the rule related to drug refill reminders. In the complaint, the company argued that drug adherence communications are free speech protected by the First Amendment and that the rule was unconstitutional on communications. Adheris thought that the rule was unfair in the way non-profit and government funded organizations are handled compared to for-profit organizations. “The regulation’s restrictions are plainly impermissible under the Supreme Court’s decision Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc., 131 S. Ct. 2653 (2011).” (Adheris). In Sorrell vs. IMS Health the Supreme Court struck down Vermont’s Prescription Confidentiality Law as a …show more content…
How much harm can come from get a reminder text, I would not think that it would be much but I have to consider alternative views such as a phone being stolen as part of identify thief and with the opioid crisis we are currently facing more nefarious individuals would have a win-win situation. So true enough the intentions are good but the follow through might have been lacking. As a person who has signed up for prescription reminders and then shortly after changed my number I can admit that I was kind of concerned, but I took responsibility and had to put initiative in remembering to change my number with businesses that I prefer not to call a “stranger” with my personal details. Sometimes just knowing the name of the company is enough to give details as to what one’s plight might