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Hospice Insights Podcast - AI in Action: Exploring How AI Is Helping Hospices Do Things in New Ways

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Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske is joined by Dina Yankelewitz, CEO of Vitalis Care, a technology company that is harnessing AI technology to reduce staff burden and allow more time for patient care. Dina shares her vision and...more

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Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations

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In the third and final episode of Florida Capital Conversations' healthcare privacy series, Tallahassee attorneys Shannon Hartsfield and Eddie Williams join hosts Nathan Adams and Mia McKown to discuss the challenges of...more

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Ontario’s More Convenient Care Act, 2025: A New Strategy for the Healthcare Sector

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On May 5, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 11, the proposed More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (“MCCA”), a legislative initiative aimed at supporting the province’s long-term healthcare goals for first reading. Bill...more

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Business Court Assesses Duties to Protect Patient Information Shared Through Electronic Portals

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A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly be labeled “Our Chart.”...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR Loses Staff, Faces Move to New ‘Enforcement’ Office; Will HIPAA Focus, Independence Suffer?

Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more

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Implications of New Federal Immigration Policies for Health Care Facilities, Part 2: Patient Privacy Concerns

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On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that previously designated hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities as “protected areas” and limited immigration enforcement...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Police-Ordered Blood Draws In Idaho

Law enforcement officers often request or demand that Idaho hospitals draw blood or conduct other tests on patients for law enforcement purposes; nevertheless, the general rule remains that patients (including persons in...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

OCR Enforcement Activity: Trends and Insights From a Limited Sample

Arecent report put the odds of an asteroid hitting the earth in December 2032 at 3.1%—which is 3,100 times more likely than an organization resolving an enforcement action with the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2025 Ohio Maximum Fees for Copying Medical Records

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The Ohio Department of Health (the “Department”) published its 2025 Medical Records Price Index in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code which sets forth that the fees charged for the copying of medical records may be...more

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‘Security! Security!’ HHS Proposes Updates to HIPAA’s Security Rule

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Can you remember healthcare security 20+ years ago? It seems like a different world from now. Believe it or not, the HIPAA Security Rule has barely changed since it was first enacted in 2003 and has been long overdue for a...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 223: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks with Healthcare...

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This week, Heather and Lauren welcome back their colleague Brandon Robinson, head of Maynard Nexsen’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Following up on our discussion of data privacy risks for health care providers on...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

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CISA and FDA Sound Alarm on Backdoor Cybersecurity Threat with Patient Monitoring Devices

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Last week, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released warnings about an embedded function they found in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Human Trafficking Monitoring for Telehealth Providers

Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked...more

Dentons

Ep. 47 – Make Your HIPAA Security Program Dynamic

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“Almost every stage of modern healthcare relies on stable and secure computer and network technologies.” The above is a direct quote from the Office of Civil Rights for Health & Human Services (“OCR”) in its proposed...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Responding to Immigration Enforcement Actions

Executive orders and changes to enforcement directives permitting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and agents from other divisions of the Department of Homeland Security to enter sensitive locations, such as...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Significant 2024 Connecticut Health Care Case Law

Pullman & Comley’s annual survey of health law cases summarizes important decisions issued in 2024 affecting the practice of medicine and the payment for health care services....more

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Council of the EU adopts the European Health Data Space Regulation

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On January 21 2025, the Council of the European Union (Council) announced its decision to adopt the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). As we have previously...more

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Rescission of the DHS Protected Areas Policy: Implications for Healthcare Systems

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On the newly installed Trump Administration's first day, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the Biden Administration's guidelines for immigration enforcement actions in or near protected areas, such as...more

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The Trump Administration’s Immigration Enforcement Policy: What Hospitals and Health Care Providers Must Know for Their Patients,...

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It is by now common knowledge that on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025, President Trump signed numerous executive orders geared toward the implementation of his immigration policy objectives, setting the stage for what he...more

Jones Day

Immigration Enforcement Directives Create New Hurdles for Hospitals Advancing Standard Patient Care

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While hospitals will no longer be formally considered sensitive locations under new immigration directives, health care facilities and providers maintain responsibility to protect access to patient care and confidentiality....more

Saul Ewing LLP

2025 Health Care Predictions

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Hello. Our Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group is thrilled to share with you our 2025 predictions article addressing multiple areas of interest in the health care delivery system. Many of our group’s colleagues have shared...more

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HIPAA Security Rule Revamp Is on the Horizon

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On January 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published significant proposed amendments (proposed rule) to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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OCR Delivers A Year-End Surprise: A Draft Update of HIPAA's Security Rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) delivered a late-December surprise: a draft overhaul of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996’s (HIPAA) Security Rule....more

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Texas Court Enjoins Enforcement of HIPAA Final Privacy Rule Against Individual Doctor and Clinic

On December 22, the day before the 2024 Final HIPAA Privacy Rule (2024 Rule) was set to go into effect, a federal district court in Texas enjoined enforcement of the 2024 Rule against Dr. Carmen Purl and Dr. Purl’s Fast Care...more

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