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Mark J. Swearingen

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
One American Square
Suite 2000
Indianapolis, IN 46282

Phone: (317) 977-1458
Fax: (317) 633-4878
Email: mswearingen@hallrender.com
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Practice Areas

Biography

Mark coordinates the firm's HIPAA practice and provides counsel on health information privacy and security matters such as breach response and notification and the creation, use, disclosure, retention and destruction of medical records and other health information.  His counsel to clients also includes a variety of health care topics related to regulatory compliance, physician and clinical services contracting, risk management and Independent Review Organization services.  He has provided such services to a broad spectrum of health system, hospital, physician practice, diagnostic imaging center, ambulatory surgical center and long-term care facility clients.  Mark has spoken and written nationally and regionally on numerous topics, including antitrust, electronic medical records and health information privacy and confidentiality.  He is an adjunct professor of a course in Law and Medicine at the Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI.

Preparatory Education

  • Indiana University, B.A. - 1995

Legal Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. - 1998

Admitted to Bar

  • Missouri - 1998
  • Illinois - 2000
  • Indiana - 2005

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Missouri State Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Health Care Compliance Association
  • State Bar of Indiana
  • American Health Lawyers Association

Experience

  • Board Member, Indiana Security & Privacy Network (InSPN) - 2006-Present
  • Member, Lexis-Nexis/Matthew Bender Health Care Advisory Board - 2008-2010
  • Board Member, Churches in Mission - 2007-2009

Articles

HHS Announces $400,000 HIPAA Enforcement Action

[05/22/2013]

HITECH Final Rule - Implementation of GINA

[02/12/2013]

HITECH Final Rule - Impact on Enforcement Rule

[02/07/2013]

HITECH Final Rule - Impact on Breach Notification Rule

[02/04/2013]

HHS Issues HITECH Final Rule

[01/18/2013]

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OCR Issues Guidance Regarding HIPAA De-Identification Methods

[01/08/2013]

HHS Announces First Settlement of HIPAA Breach Affecting Less Than 500 Individuals

[01/04/2013]

HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with Massachusetts Providers for $1.5 Million

[09/19/2012]

HHS Settles HIPAA Security Case with State Agency for $1.7 Million

[06/27/2012]

OMB Extends Review of Final HITECH Regulations

[06/22/2012]

Massachusetts Hospital to Pay $750,000 to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

[06/01/2012]

HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with Physician Practice

[04/25/2012]

New HITECH Regulations on the Horizon

[03/29/2012]

HHS Announces $1.5 Million HIPAA Enforcement Action

[03/21/2012]

HIPAA Breach Notification Reports Due to OCR by February 29, 2012 for Calendar Year 2011 Small Breaches

[02/28/2012]

HHS Announces HIPAA Audit Program

[12/02/2011]

New Proposed Regulations Regarding Accounting of Disclosures under the HITECH Act

[05/31/2011]

HIPAA Breach Notification Reports Due to OCR by March 1, 2011 for Calendar Year 2010 Breaches

[02/24/2011]

New Proposed HITECH Regulations - Impact on Patient Rights

[08/17/2010]

Rite Aid Settlement in HIPAA Privacy Case Underscores the Importance of Using Proper Methods to Dispose of PHI

[08/03/2010]

New Proposed HITECH Regulations - Impact on PHI of Decedents

[07/30/2010]

New Proposed HITECH Regulations - Impact on Business Associate Agreements

[07/22/2010]

New Proposed Regulations Implementing the HITECH Changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules

[07/14/2010]

OCR Guidance on Conducting a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis

[06/04/2010]

HIPAA Breach Notification Update: No harm, No foul, No more?

[10/09/2009]

Changes to Accounting of Disclosures Requirements

[06/08/2009]

Enforcement after the Recovery Act

[03/30/2009]

Stimulus Bill Makes Several Significant Changes To HIPAA

[02/18/2009]

HHS Announces HIPAA Enforcement Action

[07/17/2008]

Analysis of New Electronic-Health Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors

[08/07/2006]

CMS and OIG Establish New Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors

[08/01/2006]

HIPAA Enforcement Rule Now In Effect

[06/07/2006]

The Stark Reality About Nuclear Medicine

[05/24/2006]

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Recent Presentations

Speaking Engagement

ISHRM Educational Conference

April 26, 2013 - 1:00-4:15 PM

Synopsis:
From HITECH to High Risk: HIPAA Compliance after the Final Rule - Mark J. Swearingen
The Legal Medical Record: What You Don’t Know May Hurt You - Michael T. Batt, Kimberly A. Emil

Speaker(s): Michael T. Batt, Kimberly A. Emil, Mark J. Swearingen

Organizer: Indiana Society for Healthcare Risk Management


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