Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain healthcare activities. Among other requirements, all healthcare providers...more
For the first time in 11 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updating the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Proposed Rule, to...more
First passed into law in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) received its first major update in 2020 by way of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), through which the California Privacy Protection Agency...more
12/31/2024
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Shortly after our prior blog post discussing the need for healthcare entities to shore up protections against phishing attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...more
Phishing, the act of impersonating a person or business to deceive a target into revealing sensitive information, has quickly become the tool of choice for scammers and cybercriminals. In 2023, the Federal Bureau of...more
On March 18, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its guidance regarding the use of online tracking technologies. The American Hospital Association and others filed a...more
Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), signed into law last year, is here and goes into effect on March 31, 2024, with small businesses having until June 30, 2024 to comply. ...more
Continuing its recent slate of high-profile indictments, convictions, and plea agreements involving healthcare executives who have violated federal healthcare laws, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced...more
With the flurry of new consumer privacy laws enacted in states across the country, it is vital for healthcare companies that are not regulated under HIPAA to remain informed of this changing landscape in order to plan and...more
1/8/2024
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The Seventh Circuit recently rejected a series of class action claims against Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center alleging that the medical center improperly sold patient health information to the tech giant,...more
n the second blog post of our series on healthcare chief compliance officers and lawyers accused of “going bad,” we discuss Texas attorney Peter J. Bennett (licensed since 2007) who was charged in the Eastern District of...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on June 8, 2023 that Steven King, a compliance executive of pharmacy holding company A1C Holdings LLC, was convicted of defrauding Medicare out of more than $50 million in a scheme...more