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
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CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care
Top Healthcare Compliance Priorities for 2025
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 8: What Healthcare Companies Need to Know When the Government Comes Knocking
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Defending HIMP-1 Claims in New York
Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
The No Surprises Act: A Cost Saving Opportunity for Employer Plan Sponsors
Podcast: Health Equity – Behind the Buzzwords – Diagnosing Health Care
Opting Out of Medicare: When and How to Do It
The Burr Broadcast April 2023 - The Official End of COVID-19 Emergencies
Video: Health Care's Past, Present, and Future - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 117: Chris Severn, Co-Founder & CEO, Turquoise Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 115: Dr. Michael Havig, CEO, HealthMe
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 106: Dr. James McElligott, MUSC & Dr. Shawn Stinson, BlueCross BlueShield of SC
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
Proposed Protections for Patient Data Related to Reproductive Care - On April 12, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule to strengthen HIPAA...more
As announced by the White House on January 30, 2023, the public health emergency (PHE) is set to end on May 11, 2023. The end of the PHE also brings an end to several flexibilities that were implemented that impact telehealth...more
We recognize that many companies sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist with that process, we have prepared an...more
Medical providers are sometimes faced with the difficult scenario of a minor (under 18 years of age) requesting medical or mental health treatment without a parent's or legal guardian's consent. This situation often arises in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recent changes to the federal rules governing confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) patient records may require updates to agreements between group health plans and their third-party vendors....more
The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more
We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more
Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our second “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please...more
In a November 20, 2017 post, we reported on Massachusetts’ passage of H. 3822, “An Act Further Regulating Employer Contributions to Health Care,” (the “Act”), the purpose of which is to shore up the finances of the...more
New Jersey has a new telemedicine law, recently signed by Governor Chris Christie. The law cements the validity of telehealth services in the Garden State, establishes telemedicine practice standards, and imposes telehealth...more
Since I began writing this year-end review in 2013, there have been some common themes – a shift to pay for quality and away from fee-for service, much of which has been brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): efforts...more
I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more
As we look into our crystal balls, we do not expect a lot of new issues in 2015. Rather, we believe that most of the significant issues will be a continuation of issues that arose in 2014 or earlier. ...more
Recently, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2015 (“Work Plan”). The OIG protects the integrity of HHS programs by identifying...more
In This Issue: - Connecticut Supreme Court: HIPAA Does Not Preempt Negligence Claims - CMS Removes Continuing Education Exemption to Physician Payments Sunshine Act - Federal Government and New York...more