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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Montana Expands Health Care Privacy Law to Include Mental Health Digital Services

The Montana Legislature recently passed an update to the state’s Uniform Health Care Information Act (the Act), which creates standards for privacy and security of health care information maintained by Montana health care...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

HIPAA on the Horizon in the New Year: Important Lessons from an Active 2023 and Regulatory Initiatives to Watch for in 2024

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2023 marked 20 years since the first compliance deadline under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (“HIPAA”) privacy rule. Despite the two decades of experience with HIPAA, compliance continues to remain...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Digital Health 101: OCR Issues Resources to Educate Patients on Telehealth, PHI

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On October 18, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two resource documents to help explain the privacy and security risks to patients’ protected health...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Office of Civil Rights Publishes Guidance on Use of Audio-Only Telehealth Services

As telehealth services surged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, unique compliance challenges likewise developed in unexpected ways. Recognizing these challenges, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) indicated that it would...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth

Hybrid work is likely here to say, and, as Sheila Limmroth, privacy specialist at DCH Health System, and the author of the chapter Hybrid Work Environment in the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual observes in this...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 10th, Richmond, VA

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

Goodwin

Five Emerging Concerns for the Health Care Industry as AI & Telehealth Converge

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The use of telehealth continues to grow rapidly across the U.S. Given legislative proposals and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services efforts to expand access to telehealth, we can only anticipate that remotely...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - September 24th, Indianapolis, IN

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

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Protecting the Telehealth Consumer: FTC and State-Based Considerations - June 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is easing, telemedicine is facing an important crossroads. While telehealth services have demonstrated their value as an integral part of care delivery, federal and state waivers...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Seattle - July 23rd, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm PDT

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 25th Annual Compliance Institute - April 19th - 22nd, 9:30 am - 4:35 pm CDT

The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Portland, OR - February 5th, 8:25 am - 5:30 pm PST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

BakerHostetler

Life Sciences: Connected Medical Devices in the Cloud During COVID-19

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The Pandemic has fast-tracked the use of telehealth services. Hussein Akhavannik discusses how medical device companies are looking to add to or expand remote monitoring capabilities. However, some capabilities raise legal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Telehealth Programs Implemented in Pandemic Rush Could Be Security Risks

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no 5. (May 2020) - Many health care organizations are racing to implement or augment telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic has upended medical care. But a cybersecurity expert is warning...more

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