During this session, panelists discussed the unique opportunities and challenges of digital-health wellness programs that partner with employers and health plans in considering, adopting and operationalizing wellness programs...more
On April 12, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing its proposal to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule (Proposed Rule). The...more
Many pharmaceutical manufacturers currently require 340B covered entities to provide de-identified pharmacy claims data for dispensed 340B drugs to a third party, 340B ESP, as a condition of receiving discounts under the 340B...more
12/2/2022
/ Data Management ,
Discount Pricing ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B ,
Webinars
On December 10, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with proposed modifications to the Standards for the Privacy of...more
12/18/2020
/ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Access Request ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Information Requests ,
Medicare ,
NPRM ,
OCR ,
Third-Party
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology recently released a final rule under the 21st Century Cures Act to promote interoperability of health IT and advance access, exchange or use of...more
In a highly anticipated and scrutinized decision, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new public data set on April 30, 2015, that includes detailed data regarding the prescribing patterns of...more
As we reported in May 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convened stakeholders to explore whether health-related information collected from and about consumers — known as consumer-generated health information (CHI) —...more
On May 1, 2014, the White House released two reports addressing the public policy implications of the proliferation of big data. The first report is by the Executive Office of the President, entitled “Big Data: Seizing...more
5/13/2014
/ Barack Obama ,
Big Data ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
ECPA ,
Healthcare ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Public Policy