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Holland & Knight Health Dose: May 20, 2025

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The budget reconciliation package is expected to be considered by the full U.S. House of Representatives as soon as May 22, 2025. The House Committee on Rules is scheduled to meet on May 21, 2025, at which time additional...more

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Thorny Laws That ICHRA Vendors Should Consider, Part 2

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As summarized in our prior article on this topic, individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs) are gaining popularity and constituting a larger part of the overall employer-provided health coverage market. ...more

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‘An Unknown Individual Walked In’: Protecting Against Telehealth Risks Includes Non-IT Threats

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other government agencies aren’t just worried that providers understand—and mitigate—the privacy and security risks of telehealth. In fact, in 2022, the Government Accountability...more

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Health Care E-Note - January 2021

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Helpful Hints - ADPH Says Vaccine Administration is Limited at this Time The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a press release on January 11, 2021, urging Alabamians to have patience in receiving the COVID-19...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law

Halloween or HIPAA: Which is Scarier? HIPAA and the Pandemic - Telehealth: - On Friday, March 20, 2020, OCR announced it will “exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

HHS Relaxes Restrictions on Certain PHI Disclosures During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

HHS recently announced that it will not impose penalties if business associates disclose protected health information relating to COVID-19 during the public health emergency period. This waiver, announced in a Notification of...more

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HHS Further Relaxes HIPAA Regulations Governing Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information During the COVID-19 Public...

On April 2, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a Notification of Enforcement Discretion to allow certain uses and disclosures of Protected Health...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Industry Regulators Implement Big Changes to Support Telehealth During COVID-19

Key Points - This Katten advisory synthesizes several recent major developments impacting the delivery of telehealth services by health care providers in light of the COVID-19 crisis. We cover - - Key steps taken by the...more

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Telehealth During COVID-19 National Emergency

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On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced an unprecedented expansion of telehealth services, widening provider access to its  62 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also strongly...more

Morgan Lewis

How Hospitals Can Balance Public Health Concerns, Patient Privacy in Responding to Coronavirus

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Recent guidance from the Office for Civil Rights and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reiterates that existing privacy laws and emergency preparedness standards provide an effective framework for providers...more

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[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 27th - 28th, Anchorage, AK

This two-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

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New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law - MaHIMA Dot Wagg Memorial Legislative Seminar - November...

Physicians Talking With Their Domestic Partners About Patients - ? Health care institutions often require that physicians and medical students click through annual online modules or attend lectures about HIPAA. - But...more

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HHS to Start Randomly Selecting Health Plans for HIPAA Compliance – Are You Ready?

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The CMS Division of National Standards, on behalf of HHS, is launching the Compliance Review Program (the “Program”) to ensure compliance among covered entities with HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules for electronic...more

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