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New EO Targets Prescription Drug Costs – and Drug Manufacturers, Hospitals, and Health Centers

On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at addressing the cost of prescription drugs. This EO, titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First,” outlines specific directives...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR Loses Staff, Faces Move to New ‘Enforcement’ Office; Will HIPAA Focus, Independence Suffer?

Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2024

Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

2nd Settlement Triggered by 2017 Ransomware Attack Costs WA Practice $100K; ‘Not a Breach’

Let’s review for a moment. It’s not a HIPAA violation to be a victim of ransomware. It’s not a HIPAA violation to pay a ransom. It’s up to the covered entity (CE) to determine if a security or privacy incident is a...more

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New CMS EMTALA Portal Signals CMS Continued Focus on Enforcement Fight Against State Abortion Bans

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On May 21, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new option on CMS.gov to allow individuals to more easily file an Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) complaint. Before launching the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘I Will Not Rest’; ‘I Am All In’: Remarkable Breach Hearing Sees Pledges by UHG CEO, Sen. Wyden

United Healthcare Group (UHG) CEO Andrew Witty was in a board meeting on Feb. 21 when officials interrupted with the news that Change Healthcare—a clearinghouse UHG subsidiary Optum had purchased for $1.3 billion in October...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

HHS Amends HIPAA To Further Protect Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Information

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week released final amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to further protect the privacy of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care....more

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Health Care Provider Bankruptcy Update: Patient Care Ombudsman Not Necessary in Every Health Care Business Bankruptcy Case

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Recent headlines have starkly illuminated the headwinds facing health care providers struggling to recover from a host of financial pressures. Many providers have resorted to filing for bankruptcy protection as a way, among...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Dramatic Portrayal of Care During Early COVID-19 Costs Hospital $80K; OCR: No Prior Authorization

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 12 (December, 2023) Spring 2020 was a terrifying period in the annals of COVID-19, and New York was at the epicenter. COVID-19 cases, and deaths, already the highest in the nation, were...more

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OCR Issues Guidance to Patients and Providers on Telehealth Privacy and Security

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On October 18, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an update1 containing two resource documents to help educate patients regarding privacy and security...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Whither Insurance Coverage for Preventive Health Services? District Court Decision Striking Down Affordable Care Act’s Preventive...

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On May 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed a district-court ruling that struck down a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As a result of the stay, the ACA’s health insurance coverage requirements for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Florida Law Will Ban Offshoring of Certain Patient Data

Effective July 1, 2023, a new Florida law will limit certain health care providers from storing patient information offshore. CS/CS/SB 264 (Chapter 2023-33, Laws of Florida), amends the Florida Electronic Health Records...more

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HHS Delays Inclusion of Co-Provider Charges in Good Faith Estimates to Self-Pay Patients

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On December 2, 2022, Health & Human Services issued guidance (HHS) delaying the requirement that convening providers include co-provider charges in their good faith estimates for self-pay patients. Previously, the requirement...more

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No Surprises Act Update: HHS Extends Enforcement Discretion for Co-Provider Good Faith Estimates

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On December 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would not begin enforcement of a key requirement under the No Surprises Act (NSA) starting January 1, 2023, as previously scheduled...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Finding Our Way Out of the Pandemic Haze: What Telehealth Tools Are Medicare Providers Allowed to Keep, and Which Must They Leave...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare coverage expanded to include a vast arsenal of tools that help patients access medical services while keeping patients and practitioners safe. Many of these tools involve telehealth...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Triage: Genesis Healthcare and the 340B Program Patient Definition

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In this episode, Andrew Ruskin, Leah Richardson, and Victoria Hamscho analyze the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Genesis Healthcare v. Becerra. They discuss its potential impact on the...more

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OIG Approves DME Manufacturer Loan Program in Latest Advisory Opinion

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On June 23, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Advisory Opinion 22-13, approving an arrangement under which a durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturer...more

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Health Care Providers: It’s Not Just Employee Discrimination Claims — Patients Can Have Discrimination Claims Too

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Hospitals, outpatient clinics, and telehealth practices know they need policies and training on their employee equal employment and anti-harassment policies. These health care providers know that when supervisors are not...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Health Law Policy Heading Into 2022 At The ABA Health Law Summit

The ABA Washington Health Law Summit is the premier legal conference focusing on health law policy and, as a result, offers insight into current and future major policy issues. But, as always at this conference, there are...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

First Installment of Surprise Billing Regulations Released

On July 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (Departments) jointly issued interim final rules (IFR) implementing certain aspects of the No Surprises Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Agencies Release Interim Final Rule to Implement the No Surprises Act

Today, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) published an interim final rule (the Interim Final Rule) implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act,[1] which aims...more

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Congress Passes New Laws to Further Encourage Use of Generics and Biosimilars

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Congress recently passed two bills that are designed to educate patients and prescribers about biosimilars and thereby encourage their use and to close a loophole in existing law that allows certain branded drugs to retain...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Developing Law and Enforcement Trends on Patient Data Access Create New Risks for Radiology Providers

Recent regulatory and enforcement developments in the area of access to patient information create significant new risks for radiology providers. In particular, imaging providers should pay close attention to these...more

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