Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits providers and health plans that receive reimbursement from the federal government from discriminating against individuals in the Covered Entities’ health programs. Such...more
7/25/2024
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
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Covered Entities ,
Digital Platforms ,
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Health Care Providers ,
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Machine Learning ,
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Mobile Health Apps ,
PHI ,
Telehealth
On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that both the COVID-19 national emergency and the public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. This announcement has left many healthcare providers considering how the...more
2/21/2023
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Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
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Waivers
On December 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance to covered entities and business associates regarding website and application user data tracking and how...more
12/9/2022
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Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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PHI ,
Tracking Systems
Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in AHA et al. v. Becerra, decided on June 15, 2022, the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia ruled in September that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must...more
On Friday, June 24th, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 340B hospitals regarding their challenge to outpatient prescription drug reimbursement methodologies issued by the...more
6/15/2022
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Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
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Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reimbursements ,
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