On September 21, 2020 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA (AOC) agreed to pay $1,500,000, enter into a Resolution...more
On September 15, 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had settled five investigations under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative....more
On July 27, 2020, the United State Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity (Lifespan) has agreed to pay $1,040,000 and...more
On July 23, 2020 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced a $25,000 Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (CAP) with Metropolitan Community Health...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on April 2, 2020 that it will not impose penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule against...more
Several telemedicine provisions were recently updated at the federal level in an effort to increase patient access to health care services, and New Jersey enacted a telemedicine statute on March 19 in an attempt to address...more
On March 3, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $100,000 settlement and corrective action plan with Steven A. Porter, M.D. to resolve potential...more
3/9/2020
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Covered Entities ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Settlement
On December 11, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , announced a settlement with a covered entity, Korunda Medical, LLC (“Korunda”), to resolve alleged...more
On November 27, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced a $2.175 million settlement and Corrective Action Plan (CAP) with Sentara Hospitals (Sentara) to...more
On November 5, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $3 million settlement with the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to settle potential...more
On October 2, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it had reached a $10,000 monetary settlement with a Dallas-based dental practice to settle...more
On September 9, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its first enforcement action and settlement under its Right of Access Initiative. Earlier in 2019,...more
On May 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), released a new fact sheet describing 10 ways in which a “business associate” can be liable under HIPAA. ...more
On May 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced that Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) agreed to pay $100,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations that...more
On May 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Touchstone Medical Imaging (TMI) agreed to pay $3,000,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations arising out of...more
INTRODUCTION -
The Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP health care practice group includes attorneys that handle regulatory, compliance, transactional and litigation needs for clients across the entire health care delivery...more
2/1/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Medical Marijuana ,
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) ,
OCR ,
Popular
There were two important HIPAA developments during this past week. First, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Pagosa Spring Medical Center (“PSMC”), a Colorado...more
On December 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Advanced Care Hospitalists (ACH) agreed to pay $500,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations arising out of ACH...more
On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (AAH) agreed to pay $125,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations...more
On October 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Anthem, Inc. (Anthem) agreed to pay $16 million to settle allegations relating to HIPAA violations...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") announced earlier this month that an HHS administrative law judge ("ALJ") ruled in favor of the OCR on summary judgment and required MD...more
On February 13, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that a receiver appointed to liquidate the assets of Filefax, Inc. agreed to pay $100,000 to settle...more
2017 was a year in contrasts for the health care delivery system. Congress and President Trump made several attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Controversy about marijuana continued as more states...more
2/14/2018
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Individual Mandate ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Medicare Advantage ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Telehealth ,
Trump Administration
On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) agreed to pay $3.5 million and enter into a Corrective...more
On December 28, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that 21st Century Oncology, Inc. (21CO) agreed to pay $2.3 Million in lieu of potential civil money...more