Current and potential patients are taking to the internet to share opinions and make decisions about healthcare providers. Good reviews can convert prospective healthcare consumers into patients, while bad reviews,...more
10/10/2024
/ Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
OCR ,
Online Reviews ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Patients ,
PHI ,
Statutory Violations ,
Testimonial Statements
As of March 31, 2024, Nevada’s state consumer health data law, Senate Bill No. 370 (SB 370), enters the state-level consumer health data privacy fray. Similar to Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), SB 370 focuses on...more
3/21/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Healthcare ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) was enacted in an effort to close a perceived gap in privacy protection for consumer health data. MHMDA’s focus on consumer health data and right of private action deviate from...more
2/5/2024
/ Consent Agreements ,
Data Collection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
FERPA ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Mental Health ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Small Business ,
Summary of Consumer Rights
In response to the number of successful, large-scale ransomware attacks affecting healthcare organizations nearly tripling since 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released guidance outlining its...more
1/30/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda
In 2020, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Final Rule to implement the information blocking prohibitions of the 21st Century Cures Act, HHS left healthcare providers wondering what...more
11/2/2023
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
ACOs ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
OIG ,
ONC ,
Proposed Rules
On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule requiring hospitals to make public a list of standard charges for items and services provided by such hospitals (the Rule). (The...more
11/27/2019
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Price Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Health Service Act