Patient privacy concerns are at an all-time high following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Following their statements affirming that abortion constitutes basic and essential health...more
On April 9, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) released a notice of enforcement discretion to covered health care providers and their business associates that, during the COVID-19...more
Although COVID-19 is not the first pandemic to hit the United States, the virus has thrown the country into uncharted territory as federal and state governments and agencies struggle to contain the virus’s quick-moving...more
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