United States Third Circuit

A provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which authorizes health care providers to use and disclose personal health information for "routine uses" without patient consent, does not violate the Administrative Procedure Act or any rights protected by the First or Fifth Amendments.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2005
• Decided 10/31/2005
• Published 10/31/2005

Judges

• RENDELL, Circuit Judge., Before McKEE, RENDELL and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert N. Feltoon, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, Philadelphia, PA, James C. Pyles [Argued], Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, Washington, DC, Peter D. Winebrake, Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, The Penthouse, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants., Stacy A. Fols, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Amicus-appellants The National Association of Social Workers, Inc. and PA Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers., M. Duncan Grant, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus-appellant Program for Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School., Jonathan S. Martel, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Amicus-appellant NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation., David P. Felsher, New York, NY, for Amicus-appellants Guenter L. Spanknebel, Leonard Morse, Wayne Glazier, Graham L. Spruiell, and Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles W. Scarborough [Argued], U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Mark B. Stern, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Appellee.