North Carolina has drastically expanded its telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to give individuals increased access to remote care. The following article outlines many of the important changes...more
Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 has greatly liberalized federal and state telehealth requirements previously in place. What has not changed is the fact that telehealth services are governed by a number of different laws and...more
3/24/2020
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Emergency Response ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Fraud ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Waivers
On January 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice (the OCR Notice) regarding individuals’ right of access to health records in response to a January 23, 2020...more
2/5/2020
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EHR ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Fees ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
HITECH Act ,
Medical Records ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Right-To-Access ,
Third-Party
Until recently, the annual limit for civil monetary penalties (CMP) that could be levied against covered entities and business associates in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as...more
5/23/2019
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Data Breach ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI