Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
Privacy and Healthcare Business Associates with Isabella Porter
State Law Privacy Video Series | Healthcare Entities and Health Data
Gerry Blass on Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
Is Your Practice's Marketing HIPAA Compliant?
Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
Compliance Perspectives: Permissible Disclosures under HIPAA, Especially in the Time of COVID-19
Polsinelli Podcasts - Confusion to Clarity on the Future of the 340B Program
Polsinelli Podcast - HIPAA Changes Overview
Times they are a-changin’ … with a flurry of moves and terminations, the new administration has signaled a reverse within the federal labor and employment landscape. These changes will have significant impacts on current...more
On January 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published significant proposed amendments (proposed rule) to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS"), under its Cybersecurity Regulation—23 NYCRR Part 500—issued a memorandum providing guidance on the risks posed by artificial intelligence...more
Covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) may receive a “discount” for having recognized security practices (RSPs) in place when the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) calculates financial penalties for Security...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an industry letter providing guidance on how DFS-regulated entities (covered entities) should be evaluating and responding to artificial...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released an Industry Letter—entitled Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks (the “Letter”)....more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published a letter to covered entities that calls attention to the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). This non-binding guidance letter...more
The New York Voting Rights Act‘s (NYVRA) preclearance section takes effect on September 22, 2024. The new rule requires covered jurisdictions to seek “preclearance” of certain covered policy changes to their election and...more
Only two months after California’s cost and market impact review (CMIR) regime began to require notice of certain healthcare-related transactions, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has already proposed several...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule to provide transparency and track certain covered nonbank offenders. On June 3, 2024, the CFPB introduced a significant regulatory measure known as the Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons...more
With the bipartisan, bicameral proposed American Privacy Rights Act of 2024, the U.S. Congress seeks to adopt the first national personal data privacy and security law that would preempt comprehensive state privacy laws....more
On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended Part 500, the cybersecurity regulation. These updates follow numerous NYDFS enforcement actions and other new cybersecurity rules, such as the...more
In 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) enacted a landmark regulation requiring financial services institutions such as banks and insurance companies in the state to meet substantial cybersecurity...more
The Order marks an ambitious effort to stand up a whole-of-government approach to encouraging the benefits and managing the risks of artificial intelligence, with many of its most significant private-sector implications...more
On September 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule implementing the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement of the Corporate...more
On March 15, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to Regulation S-P that, if finalized, would place additional burdens on covered institutions when it comes to handling...more
Earlier this month, HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on a statutory provision adopted last year that provides a quasi-safe harbor for entities that have voluntarily...more
In the waning days of the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a number of new initiatives, including proposed HIPAA amendments, and a very recent COVID-19 related Notice of Enforcement...more
The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more
On December 20, 2019, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code....more
This past week, CMS confirmed it will continue the 2018 and 2019 underpayment policy for certain 340B covered entities unless the D.C. Court of Appeals upholds the lower court’s ruling that it is unlawful. In that case, CMS...more
On April 26, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notification of Enforcement Discretion Regarding HIPAA Civil Money Penalties (the Notice) to inform the public...more
On December 14, 2018 the Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on updates to regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance...more
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) to assist OCR in identifying provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy and security regulations (the...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration recently surprised the 340B Drug Pricing Program community with the release of its regulations pertaining to drug manufacturer ceiling price calculations and civil monetary...more