On August 15, 2025, Illinois enacted Senate Bill (SB) 2153, which became effective on the date of signature. The legislation amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act to remove various provisions that previously limited the...more
8/26/2025
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On February 21, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its shortage categorization of semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication, marking the shortage as “resolved” for all presentations of the...more
Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked...more
2/4/2025
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Training
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
10/17/2024
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On August 1, 2024, Colorado legislation took effect amending the mandatory disclosures that mental health providers must make to their clients under state law. Providers of mental health services in Colorado should take note...more
9/11/2024
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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
5/20/2024
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Telehealth ,
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The Physician Practice Management (PPM) and ASC Symposium 2024 is the destination event for PPM and ASC industry leaders and health industry investors. Join us as we deliver actionable insights on the state of the market and...more
5/3/2024
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Healthcare Facilities ,
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Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
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Physicians ,
Prior Authorization ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Reimbursements ,
Risk Management ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care
As of January 1, 2024, the US Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other similar entities to disclose beneficial ownership information to the Financial...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
2/12/2024
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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
In this session from the Value-Based Care Symposium 2023, McDermott Will & Emery Partner Lisa Mazur moderated a panel that explored how digital health tools can support financial and clinical success under value-based care...more
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are extending telehealth flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances. While the...more
5/11/2023
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Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
McDermott’s digital health team continually monitors legal developments affecting all aspects of the remote delivery of care. This inaugural issue of our Of Digital Interest Quarterly Roundup highlights key issues and trends...more
4/28/2023
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Financial Crisis ,
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
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Rulemaking Process ,
Silicon Valley ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On February 24, 2023, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued two proposed rules (the Telemedicine Controlled Substance Proposed Rule and the Telemedicine Buprenorphine Proposed Rule) that would establish...more
On January 12, 2023, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a letter to registrants announcing DEA’s support of Congress’s recent removal of the requirement that healthcare providers possess a DATA-Waiver,...more
On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more
1/4/2023
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Medicare ,
OIG ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemedicine
On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more
7/28/2022
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Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
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Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemedicine
On December 27, 2020, the No Surprises Act was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. In July and October 2021, respectively, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of...more
12/31/2021
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Good Faith ,
Health Care Providers ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
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Surprise Medical Bills ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 23, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which include several key telehealth and other virtual care-related...more
In a fourth amendment to the March 17, 2020, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has expanded access to COVID-19 Covered Countermeasures through...more
12/9/2020
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Immunity ,
Licenses ,
Medical Licensure Compact ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth
The US Department of Justice and the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently announced a significant healthcare fraud takedown involving $4.5 billion in allegedly false and fraudulent...more
Maintain Connections with Healthcare Leaders. Stay Current on Market Trends. Look Ahead to 2021 and Beyond.
Join us virtually for McDermott's signature HPE New York conference. We'll bring together preeminent healthcare...more
10/14/2020
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Physicians ,
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Private Equity Funds ,
Vaccinations ,
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Maintain Connections with Healthcare Leaders. Stay Current on Market Trends. Look Ahead to 2021 and Beyond.
Join us virtually for McDermott's signature HPE New York conference. We'll bring together preeminent healthcare...more
10/13/2020
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Hospice ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Investment Banks ,
Investors ,
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Medical Reimbursement ,
Mental Health ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physical Therapists ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Vaccinations ,
Webinars
Maintain Connections with Healthcare Leaders. Stay Current on Market Trends. Look Ahead to 2021 and Beyond.
Join us virtually for McDermott's signature HPE New York conference. We'll bring together preeminent healthcare...more
10/7/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Health ,
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Health Information Technologies ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Investment Banks ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Mental Health ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physical Therapists ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Vaccinations ,
Webinars
HPE New York brings together preeminent healthcare private equity executives and investment bankers and unmatched keynote speakers to your remote workspace in a cutting-edge format – unlike any other conference this...more
10/6/2020
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Banking Sector ,
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Investment Banks ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Mental Health ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physical Therapists ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Vaccinations ,
Webinars