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The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
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Top Healthcare Compliance Priorities for 2025
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Building a Solid HR Foundation in Healthcare Practices
New Developments in Health Information Policy
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Healthcare Document Retention
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Conducting Healthcare Compliance Investigations
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Keeping an Eye on HIPAA Trends with Shannon Hartsfield
Podcast - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and How to Comply with HIPAA & State Privacy Laws
Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements
It is back-to-school season, and The Healthcare Compliance Pod is going back to school too! Each week in August, we’re discussing one fundamental basic compliance obligation for healthcare providers, centered exclusively on...more
Wearable health technology is rapidly transforming the landscape of professional sports. From heart rate monitors and GPS trackers to biometric gloves and brain health sensors, these devices are now commonplace in...more
Several new lawsuits have been filed recently alleging that employers violated HIPAA’s non-discrimination rule by charging higher health insurance premiums to employees who use tobacco products. ...more
Last year, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to...more
In a ruling issued on June 18, 2025, in Purl v. Department of Health and Human Services, Docket No. 2:24-cv-00228-Z, Doc. 110 (N.D. Tex. 2025), the District Court for the Northern District of Texas largely vacated the privacy...more
Interest in genetic data is on the rise, driven by the growth of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and its value for AI in drug development and personalized medicine. Historically, gaps in privacy laws have sometimes...more
Recently proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule are designed to enhance the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information (ePHI). These updates aim to...more
Key Takeaways - HRSA’s 340B rebate pilot shifts financial and operational burden to covered entities, requiring upfront drug purchases with delayed, uncertain rebate recovery....more
The rapid evolution of technology is revolutionizing the legal practice. For plaintiff attorneys handling medical negligence cases, incorporating advanced tools—especially artificial intelligence—brings both challenges and...more
On July 8, a routine enforcement action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a surgery center in California escalated into criminal charges for two health care workers. ICE agents were attempting to detain...more
In celebration of the back-to-school season, the Healthcare Compliance Podcast is launching a new Back to Basics series—this time with a focus on patient rights under HIPAA. Each Thursday in August, the podcast will cover a...more
As some studies estimate that nearly 23% of the adult population lives with a mental illness, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into mental health care has transformative potential in terms of accessibility,...more
Whenever the topic of health and medical data comes up, the prevailing assumption often is that any of this information is subject to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) just by virtue of...more
Recently, companies have seen a spate of class action lawsuits challenging the legality of tobacco cessation wellness programs and related tobacco surcharges imposed by their employer-sponsored health benefit plans....more
Earlier this year, I wrote an article outlining a new HIPAA rule that became effective on December 23, 2024, requiring healthcare providers to obtain a Reproductive Attestation before releasing medical records in response to...more
When President Donald Trump signed the Federal reconciliation bill into law on July 4th, things became more challenging for smaller or rural health care delivery organizations – often working on shoestring budgets heavily...more
In June 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a proposed settlement with Healthline, a health information website, for its handling of personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more
During a “Make Health Tech Great Again” event on July 30, 2025 at the White House, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to create a digital health ecosystem, in partnership with private...more
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling in Purl v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, vacating most of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for...more
Immigration enforcement actions are no longer a theoretical concern for health care facilities — they are happening now....more
Join Thora Johnson and Jeremy Sherer to learn about: Evaluating compliance through privacy notices Key questions to address, from leadership accountability to employee training...more
Jeremy Sherer and Thora Johnson share insight on: Key due diligence considerations for healthtech companies State and federal regulations aimed at virtual care delivery...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
A U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas has vacated most of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “Rule”) in the case of Purl v. DHHS. The ruling, which has immediate...more
Drug and device manufacturers are increasingly targeted by cyber threats that can compromise patient safety, intellectual property, and other critical data and systems, while also facing new regulatory demands. As regulators...more