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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +
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DOJ Files a Statement of Interest in a Federal Lawsuit Against the NY Department of Health and Court Issues a Preliminary...

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As previously discussed, in Engesser v. McDonald, a class of Medicaid beneficiaries who receive personal care and home care services through New York’s CDPA Program (Consumers), and two independent living centers...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

HHS finalizes rules to provide patients more control of their health data

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Compliance Today (May 2020) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a March 9, 2020, news release that it had “finalized two transformative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

HIPAA Security Rule Update Related to COVID-19

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Telehealth Remote Communication Technology - On March 17, 2020, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will suspend enforcement activities and waive...more

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HHS Publishes New Health Data Interoperability and Patient Access Rules

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On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two major regulations that will give patients additional access to their health data, while also addressing security of that information. Health...more

King & Spalding

CMS Proposes Rule Regarding the Exchange of Electronic Health Information Which Impacts Hospitals, Clinicians and Government...

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On February 11, 2019, CMS issued a proposed rule, to improve access to electronic health information (the Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule results from the 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act), in which CMS and the Office...more

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CMS Weighs in on Texting of Patient Information

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Texting by physicians and other health care providers has long been a hot topic due to the privacy and security considerations involved, although HIPAA and state laws have generally been at the center of this discussion....more

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New SAMHSA Rule: Permissible Part 2 Substance Abuse Disclosures to Subcontractors

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On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule to revise 42 CFR Part 2, the federal regulations governing confidentiality of certain substance abuse patients'...more

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ACOs And Pay for Value … About the Data

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It has been over three years since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its proposed rule and guidance on the development and implementation of Accountable Care Organizations. About four million...more

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