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
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The Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP Health Care Practice includes attorneys that handle regulatory, compliance, transactional and litigation needs for clients across the entire health care delivery system, including: ...more
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 7, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) imposed a $1.6 million civil money penalty (CMP) against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX...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 23, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it had imposed a $2,154,000 civil money penalty (CMP) against a Miami-based health system for...more
On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), each issued a proposed rule to amend respectively the...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
More than 400 dental offices across the United States were the victim of a recent ransomware attack that prevented dentists from accessing patient records and patient personal data. ...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
IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute recently released their 2019 Cost of Data Breach Report (the “Report”). This is the 14th annual report these groups have published. ...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
As the health care delivery system continues to evolve, on May 3, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a draft guidance document to state survey agency directors entitled, “Guidance for Hospital...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
On April 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published an Enforcement Discretion letter announcing it is meaningfully lowering the cumulative annual civil money penalties (“CMPs”) it will apply...more
Health care providers are heavily reliant on technology in providing clinical services. The findings from a recent research study highlight the significant threat of cyber risks in health care that is in addition to the...more
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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
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On January 22, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) detailed in a Final Guidance document the...more
On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") released a publication, Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients (the "Cybersecurity Guidance"). ...more
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 November 26, 2018, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Jeff Shuren, M.D., Director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), issued an extensive...more