Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. United States Department of Health & Human Services

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAKE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc., Congressman Ron Paul, M.D., Dawn Richardson, Rebecca Rex, and Darrell McCormick, filed this action against defendants, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and Tommy G. Thompson, as Secretary of HHS, challenging the privacy regulations promulgated by HHS under Title II, Subtitle F, §§ 261-64 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), Pub.L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat.1936 (1996). Plaintiffs allege that the privacy regulations…