Editorial commentary. Health insurance portability and accountability act final rule compliance 6 months later

Lynn S Muller¹

• ¹Lynn S. Muller, RN, BA-HCM, CCM, JD, is a Nurse Attorney and managing partner of Muller & Muller. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Saint Peter's University of New Jersey. Lynn is a Certified Case Manager with extensive nursing and case management experience and continues to work as an independent case manager. Her practice includes defense of health care professionals before the state licensing boards, consultant on such issues as regulatory compliance and accreditation, civil litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estates and Family law. Lynn is the author of numerous articles and the legal chapters of the 3rd edition of Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice and the 2nd edition of the CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Management. She is as a former Commissioner for CCMC, a past president of the NJ Chapter of CMSA.