Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 248: Fighting Addiction and Expanding Access to Treatment with Sara Howe and Morgan Coyner of APNC
False Claims Act Insights - An FCA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 245: Using AI to Improve Radiology with Angela Adams of Inflo Health
Podcast - Regulating AI in Healthcare: The Road Ahead
Can Food Really Be Medicine? Transforming Health Care One Bite at a Time – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
Hospice Insights Podcast - AI in Action: Exploring How AI Is Helping Hospices Do Things in New Ways
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 240: Independent Practice In Dermatology with Dr. Darragh and Dr. Shuler of Carolina Dermatology
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
Evolving AI Legislation: Federal Policies, Task Forces, and Proposed Laws — The Good Bot Podcast
Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
ADA Compliance for Medical and Dental Practices: Responding to Inquiries and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
News Briefs - Physician Productivity Rising, But Reimbursement Isn't -Physicians are working more than ever, but reimbursement isn't rising in tandem. It's a worrying mismatch that could translate into access problems for...more
News Briefs - Over 75% of Health Organizations Targeted by Ransomware Over Year - More than three-quarters of healthcare survey respondents said their organizations were targeted by ransomware in the past 12 months, and 53...more
Cyberattacks and technology disruptions in healthcare don’t just cost organizations financially — they can threaten patient safety and put organizational reputations at risk. How ready is your organization for a potential...more
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
President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, "I think you all know that I've always felt that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."1 At an Oct. 23-24, 2024,...more
Ransomware attacks are a growing threat in the health care sector due to the value of personal health information (PHI). In addition to being expensive, these attacks can cripple health care operations, delay patient care,...more
During the first half of this webinar, Jen Mitchell, Bryan Murray and Laura Fryan, will focus on practical tips and pointers on avoiding a HIPAA breach and what lessons you can take away from the Change Healthcare breach. ...more
News Briefs - Joint Employer Rule Withdrawn by National Labor Relations Board - The National Labor Relations Board withdrew its appeal of a district court ruling that enjoined its "joint employer" final rule....more
News Briefs - Survey Finds Decline in Telehealth Use Across Most Groups in 2022 - The percentage of adults who used telehealth in the past year dropped from 37 percent in 2021 to 30.1 percent in 2022, with declines observed...more
News Briefs - Hospital Lobbies Join Attempt to Delay Noncompete Ban -Hospital lobbies have signed on to a multisector letter of 230 industry associations and chambers of commerce urging the Federal Trade Commission to bump...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
Ransomware continues to make headlines in the data security world, and with good reason. A report issued earlier this year by the Director of National Intelligence highlighted the continued surge in ransomware attacks in the...more
Organizations typically deal with ransomware attacks out of the public eye, but the massive scale of United Healthcare Group’s (UHG) February breach made that an impossibility. UHG CEO Andrew Witty was recently on the hot...more
UnitedHealth Group (“UHC”) announced on April 22, 2024, that it had paid a ransom to protect patient data potentially acquired in a late February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare (“CHC”). In its announcement,...more
Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more
Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently warned the health care sector about the Akira ransomware group that has been hitting health care organizations since May of 2023. In an Analyst Note dated...more
The healthcare sector is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity risks and the stakes for patient care and safety are particularly high. Healthcare facilities are attractive targets for cyber criminals in light of their...more
When COVID-19 was on the rise, ransomware attacks were right alongside it. A new investigation published in JAMA Health Forum found that ransomware attacks more than doubled in the last five years. Ransomware is software that...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) Ransomware—including increased attacks from criminal groups affiliated with rogue nation-states such as Russia and North Korea—will continue to dominate the health...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more
Takeaway: With ransomware attacks increasing over the past few years, healthcare organizations can expect hackers to make ransom demands while holding their computer systems hostage....more