As the New Year begins, questions surrounding how recent election results will impact technology regulation across industries loom large. It’s hardly a bold prediction that artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the regulation...more
1/17/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently proposed changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (Rule), enacted in 2009, to clarify that the Rule applies directly to an estimated 170,000 health and wellness mobile...more
7/12/2023
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
PHI ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) in the United States came to an end on May 11, 2023. Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that its enforcement...more
Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
1/18/2023
/ Comment Period ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Medical Records ,
Mental Health ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Substance Abuse
The Health Resources & Service Administration (“HRSA”) has begun issuing Final Repayment Notices to providers who received Provider Relief Funds (“PRF”) under the following circumstances: Providers who rejected the Terms and...more
The use of online tracking technologies, which provide valuable insights into the behaviors of website and mobile application users, has become routine in today’s online ecosystem. Companies employ tracking technologies to...more
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) issued a letter to healthcare providers ("Letter") and associated guidance on July 11, 2022, reminding applicable providers of their EMTALA...more
7/13/2022
/ Abortion ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
EMTALA ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Patient Access ,
Policy Statement ,
Preemption ,
Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
SCOTUS ,
Women's Rights
As coronavirus outbreaks continue to expand across nursing facilities in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 131 on April 9, 2020. Among other directives, the Executive Order imposes mandatory...more
Topics to be presented:
HIPAA, Telehealth, and Other Compliance Flexibilities
Presented by Patricia A. Markus
Stark Waivers and Medicare Advance Payments
Presented by Lester J. Perling
Compliance and...more