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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Medicare Marketing One-to-One Consent Rules Effective October 1, 2024!

On April 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule implementing one-to-one consent rules for Third Party Marketing Organizations (“TPMOs”) that engage in Medicare-related advertising....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.S. Protectionism in Health Data Flows

As privacy laws continue to proliferate in the U.S. and globally, there is one trend that companies, especially those operating in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, can no longer overlook. This is the trend towards data...more

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New Guidelines Anticipated Following HHS’s Health Cybersecurity Concept Paper

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Updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Security Rule (“HIPAA Security Rule”) are planned for Spring 2024. New guidance from The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) via a recently...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘An Unknown Individual Walked In’: Protecting Against Telehealth Risks Includes Non-IT Threats

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other government agencies aren’t just worried that providers understand—and mitigate—the privacy and security risks of telehealth. In fact, in 2022, the Government Accountability...more

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HHS Announces Upcoming Federal Strategies to Enhance Cybersecurity for Health Care and Public Health Sectors

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The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has released a concept paper outlining its new cybersecurity strategies for the health care sector, identifying cybersecurity priorities, potential future regulations and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2024 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 29th - 30th, Coronado, CA

Explore the unique issues that are pertinent to managed care professionals! This annual event dedicated to compliance management for health plan providers is returning to an in-person format for 2024. Join your peers and...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

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Digital Health Trends to Watch in 2022

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In the digital health market, new trends reveal future opportunities for innovators and shape healthcare investors’ strategies. Trends for 2022 include regulatory developments regarding digital health, telehealth expansion,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security

Our podcast series features AGG attorneys and guests discussing challenges they’ve encountered when assisting clients on business and legal issues related to the Technology industry. While all topics will have a legal...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Interoperability and Transparency Rules Usher in a New Era of Health Plan Data Obligations

After a six-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first provisions of the interoperability rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took effect on July 1. The new requirements are the first of...more

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2021 Health Care Predictions

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One year ago – in early 2020 – most of us did not know what COVID-19 meant (co-Corona; vi-Virus; d-disease; 19 – 2019); had no idea how to “zoom”; did not know what social distance meant; and, were largely unfamiliar with...more

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Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations Address Technology Advances, Tighten Rules for EHR Contributions, and Promote...

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Fraud and abuse regulations have been adapted to meet today’s technology for electronic data, promoting cooperation among health care providers for the exchange of health information and the protection of such information...more

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HIPAA Enforcement: Lessons from the OCR’s Recent Settlements

The OCR has announced a surprising number of HIPAA settlements in the past few months with penalties ranging from $10,000 to $6.5 million. Here are some of the key takeaways for healthcare providers: 1. Protect against...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

A Shared Responsibility: Protecting Consumer Health Data Privacy in an Increasingly Connected World - Prepared for the Robert Wood...

As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information. Nowhere is this issue more important than in regard to health data, a type of information that can contain...more

Fenwick & West LLP

ONC and CMS Pave a New Express Lane for Personalized Health under the 21st Century Cures Act

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), recently published rules implementing...more

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[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 27th - 28th, Anchorage, AK

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Re-Mapping the Fraud and Abuse Landscape: Understanding Proposed Reforms - February 13th, 1:00 pm ET

What larger healthcare goals are fueling the proposed revisions to AKS and Stark? What safe harbors and exceptions are introduced in the proposed rules? And what would the potentially transformational changes mean for...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Proposed Cybersecurity and EHR Donation Rules

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simultaneously released a set of proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that, among other...more

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Two Rules Both Alike in Dignity: CMS and ONC Release Proposed Rules to Advance Interoperability

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On Feb. 11, 2019, two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released...more

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ONC Proposes to Define Conduct That Is Not Information Blocking under the Cures Act

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The ONC finally released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the “information blocking” prohibition of the 21st Century Cures Act by identifying conduct that is not information blocking. If finalized, ONC’s proposed...more

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2018 Digital Health Data Developments – Navigating Change in 2019

Data privacy and security legislation and enforcement saw significant activity in 2018 and early 2019. McDermott’s 2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Data report – the first in a four-part series – highlights...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Announced by CMS – Approximately 75,000 Individuals’ Files Affected

Cyber-attacks on healthcare data are becoming increasingly common and costly and last week even CMS announced that it had suffered a data breach....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Government Healthcare Agency Reports Data Breach

The federal government’s top healthcare insurance agency has suffered an apparent data breach. Late Friday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Management (CMS) disclosed that 75,000 patient records had been...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

CMS Weighs in on Texting of Patient Information

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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Privacy Update: Texting Patient Information

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CMS has issued a memorandum clarifying its position on texting and recognizing that the use of texting has become an essential and valuable means of communication between health care team members. The takeaways from the...more

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