In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving...more
In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving...more
3/27/2024
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Telehealth
On 27 June 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted its long-awaited final rule (CMP Final Rule) related to the federal information blocking regulations and the...more
SUMMARY - The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS) is proposing changes to the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HHS's proposed changes...more
On 10 March 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (the DOJ) appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals an amended final decision by the Northern District of Texas (the Texas District Court) that struck down U.S. Department...more
BACKGROUND - As we noted in prior health care alerts in 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) significantly overhauled the federal law that governs the confidentiality of substance use...more
On 28 June 2022, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed the Office for Civil...more
On Thursday, 29 October 2020, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released an interim final rule (Interim Final Rule) that: (a) delays the compliance dates and timeframes for certain regulatory...more
INTRODUCTION - The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is responsible for the implementation of key provisions of Title IV of the 21st Century...more
In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz and Leah Richardson discuss a number of efforts undertaken by Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in recent weeks to expand the...more
5/21/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On Wednesday, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) granting broad control to U.S. Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar over the production and distribution of health resources needed to prevent...more
In the second episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Gina Bertolini discusses the overlay of recent guidance concerning privacy laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...more
3/1/2018
/ Confidential Information ,
Decision-Making Process ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Diminished Capacity ,
Documentation ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Information Sharing ,
Medical Records ,
OCR ,
Opioid ,
PHI ,
Physician-Patient Confidentiality ,
Prior Authorization ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Trump Administration