In early November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released its General Compliance Program Guidance (the Guidance). This was HHS OIG’s first update since 2008....more
On Halloween, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $100,000 settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Doctors’...more
In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-07 and approved a plan by a multi-specialty physician practice to pay its employed...more
On September 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with LA Care related to potential violations of Health Insurance Portability and...more
In late August, the HHS Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") announced an $80,000 settlement with United Healthcare Insurance Company ("United") relating to OCR's right of access initiative (the "Initiative") which requires that...more
The HHS Office of Inspector General issued an 'unfavorable' advisory opinion in August with respect to a proposed joint venture relating to interoperative neuro monitoring. Parties considering joint ventures and those in...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement on June 28, 2023 of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced two settlements with HIPAA-covered entities – one in Washington State and one in New Jersey with settlements of $240,000...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced two (2) different settlements, one with a HIPAA business associate for $350,000 and one with a...more
On April 12, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) to solicit comments on its proposal to modify the HIPAA...more
In February, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced they are withdrawing three (3) antitrust policy statements – two of which date from the 1990s – which have been relied upon by...more
The 2021 calendar year reports from HHS OCR describe OCR’s efforts that calendar year and are instructive tools for all parties who need to comply with HIPAA to understand macro-level trends....more
See below the Saul Ewing LLP Health Law Practice Group 2023 predictions from various members of our practice group! Our colleagues help interested parties in the health care delivery system with transactional, regulatory,...more
2/23/2023
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On December 2, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Notice of Proposed...more
Effective November 16, 2022, New Jersey will impose additional requirements on both the buyer and seller when a ‘health care entity’ undergoes a change in control. In accordance with S315, which was enacted on August 18,...more
Effective November 16, 2022, New Jersey will impose additional requirements when a ‘health care entity’ is sold or undergoes a change in control. The changes are the result of the enactment of S-315, on August 18, 2021....more
October was National Cybersecurity Month. As part of its ongoing focus on HIPAA Security Rule awareness and compliance, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”),...more
On August 23, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $300,640 settlement and a Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”) with New England Dermatology P.C., d/b/a...more
On July 15, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations as part of its Health Insurance Portability and...more
As we have just passed the half-way point of 2022, many health systems are thinking about acquisitions they would like to complete before the end of the calendar year. In addition to the necessary due diligence, contracting...more
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued guidance (the “Guidance”) for covered health care providers and health plans relating to the use of remote communication...more
On March 28, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the resolution of three investigations and one matter before an Administrative Law Judge related...more
On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its enforcement statistics for fiscal year 2021. The DOJ obtained over $5.6 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in the fiscal year ending September...more
COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more
2/3/2022
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On November 30, 2021, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its five actions – four settlements and corrective action plans, and one civil money penalty in...more