Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 223: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks with Healthcare Vendors with Brandon Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Medical Staff 101
New Developments in Health Information Policy
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 211: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks for the Healthcare Industry with Brandon Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Dobbs on Demand: Healthcare Privacy on the Line in a New Legal Setting
HIPPA: Privacy & Security and Potential Rule Changes
Compliance Perspectives: Privacy Investigations in a Virtual World
Tech Podcast: Interview With Innovative Health Care Tech Company Rymedi
Effectively Marketing Your Medical and Dental Practice While Staying Legally Compliant
Compliance Perspectives: The Ethics of Data
Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy
Protecting Patient Medical Records
Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part One
Medical practitioners form one of the most important professions in the world. The significance of this profession results in a high number of responsibilities on individuals in the medical field. The UAE Government has...more
On June 25, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 25-97, “An Act Concerning Various Revisions to the Public Health Statutes” (the Act). The Act includes a wide range of provisions affecting...more
A comprehensive estate plan has many objectives. They include ensuring your assets are passed on to your loved ones according to your wishes while minimizing gift and estate taxes. Another equally important objective is to...more
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
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
Recent changes in federal immigration enforcement practices have prompted renewed attention to how healthcare providers manage requests from law enforcement agencies. While federal policy continues to recognize healthcare...more
Jina Garcia found herself entangled in a legal battle with Centura Health Corp. after receiving medical treatment and subsequently facing a lien on any potential settlement or judgment in In Re Garcia v. Centura Health Corp....more
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
For over a decade, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) were instructed pursuant to official policies to refrain from conducting law enforcement actions in or near various “sensitive locations”...more
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
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
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
On his first day in office, President Trump made good on several campaign promises by issuing various immigration-related executive orders. In his inauguration speech, the new president defended his actions by declaring:...more
23andMe agreed to pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information...more
With the surge of artificial intelligence (AI) development in recent years, state legislatures, including California's, have contemplated how to balance patient safety and quality of care with the need for and expectation of...more
Earlier this year, the US Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) released updated regulations governing the use and disclosure of substance use disorder records, referred to as “Part 2.” The Part 2 rules protect...more
Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern United States from September 26-28, dumping nearly 30 inches of rain in some western North Carolina communities and causing catastrophic flooding, mudslides and wind damage along...more
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of a $12.2 million proposed settlement by Advocate Aurora Health to settle allegations against the...more
Hospitals should not delay in reviewing and revising their surgical informed consent forms and policies. On April 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued new guidance regarding informed consent...more
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released new guidance which requires hospitals to obtain informed consent from patients before practitioners, or medical or other students, perform...more
Happy 2024! The entire Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group wishes you and yours a healthy and prosperous new year and successful (and compliant) activities in the health care delivery system this year and beyond....more
News Briefs - CMS Sets Prior Authorization Time Limits, Other Requirements - To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule that requires health...more
New York is the first state to propose cybersecurity requirements for all hospitals operating in the state to address patient safety and other cybersecurity related issues....more
In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, healthcare attorneys Mia McKown, Eddie Williams and Shannon Hartsfield discuss how privacy violations can put a healthcare practitioner's license at risk....more
Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more