The Supreme Court's decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corporation seismically shifts how courts will evaluate FCC interpretations of the TCPA, creating new compliance challenges for healthcare...more
7/16/2025
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Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
Last year saw growing investment in digital health startups addressing women+ health needs—but women still lag behind men when it comes to adopting these new technologies, according to a new report from Rock Health....more
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced new rules that will impact telemedicine practices, especially concerning remote prescribing of controlled substances....more
On Saturday, September 28, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a controversial bill that would have restricted private equity and hedge fund healthcare transactions in the state....more
California’s healthcare ecosystem may soon experience significant regulatory changes as Assembly Bill 3129 (AB 3129) heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk for approval....more
9/24/2024
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Asset Transfer ,
Change in Control ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Threshold Requirements
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a Final Rule enhancing the HIPAA Privacy Rule to safeguard reproductive health care privacy. Given the recent Dobbs decision, HHS expressed...more
5/31/2024
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Covered Entities ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Effective Date ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
More than two months after the February 2024 Change Healthcare cyber-ransom attack, the healthcare industry continues to grapple with the fallout, creating significant challenges, disruptions, and outages to the healthcare...more
5/6/2024
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Compliance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
NIST ,
Personal Information ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
United Health Group
Every year, Rock Health surveys the digital health landscape, noting the changing trends related to adoption by providers, patients and payers of these innovative new technologies....more
3/28/2023
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Data Protection ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Patient Access ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine