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HHS Warns Health Care Sector of AI-Driven Phishing, Social Engineering Attacks on IT Help Desks

Carlton Fields on 4/26/2024

The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a health sector alert through the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3)....more

HHS Announces Medicaid and Medicare Flexibilities, Investigations post-Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/27/2024

Since becoming aware of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a number of flexibilities to support affected providers that have experienced...more

COVID-Era Flexibilities Granted in Wake of Change Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack

McDermott+ on 3/21/2024

Today marks one month since United Health Group’s (UHG) Change Healthcare reported that it had been hit by a cybersecurity attack. The attack has caused a major disruption to the US healthcare system, significantly impacting...more

Health Care Providers Navigate Fallout of Major Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

ArentFox Schiff on 3/15/2024

Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records. On February 21, Change disconnected its...more

Addressing Cybersecurity Expectations in Healthcare

NAVEX on 3/12/2024

2024 is shaping up to be a very active year for regulatory and enforcement developments in the healthcare industry – developments that concern not just hospitals and nursing facilities, but many non-healthcare companies as...more

Privacy Briefs: March 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/12/2024

Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more

HHS Issues Cybersecurity Performance Goals Specific to the Health Care and Public Health Sector

Alston & Bird on 2/6/2024

Our Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Groups delve into the Department of Health and Human Services’ extensive efforts to encourage health care organizations to better protect patients’ privacy through better...more

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

Jones Day on 1/12/2024

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

Hot Topics in Health Care July 2023

Burr & Forman on 7/27/2023

Progress of Pre-Submissions for Medical Devices Now Trackable Through CDRH Portal - Medical device manufacturers must submit applications for certain classes of medical devices for approval by the Food and Drug...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/17/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Spring Meeting Summary

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/14/2022

The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Spring National Meeting which was held April 4-8 in Kansas City, Missouri. The...more

Digital Health Trends to Watch in 2022

Morgan Lewis on 2/25/2022

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

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/4/2022

Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/26/2021

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

Living in a Virtual World: The Post-Pandemic Future of Telehealth

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/29/2021

As the United States is now more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and as life for many is returning to some sense of normalcy, this is a great time for healthcare organizations to evaluate their compliance with the...more

OIG: Hospitals Need To Improve Oversight Of Cybersecurity For Networked Medical Devices

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/30/2021

On June 23, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted on its website an Issue Brief entitled “Medicare Lacks Consistent Oversight of Cybersecurity for Networked Medical Devices in...more

OIG Issues Report Regarding Medicare Oversight of Cybersecurity for Networked Medical Devices in Hospitals

King & Spalding on 6/29/2021

On June 21, 2021, OIG released a report titled “Medicare Lacks Consistent Oversight of Cybersecurity for Networked Medical Devices in Hospitals” (OEI-01-20-00220) (the OIG Report). OIG determined that CMS’s accreditation...more

Compliance with July 1 CMS Interoperability Rule Deadline May Pose Ransomware Risk

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/25/2021

In recent months, the word “ransomware” has moved from a topic discussed only among cybersecurity professionals to a term used at dinner tables and water coolers across the country. Simultaneously, in the healthcare space,...more

Forecasting Healthcare Regulatory Developments in a Biden Administration

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/1/2021

President Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. As with any incoming administration, new policies will be pursued while those of the previous administration are furthered, abandoned, or undone. The federal...more

Vital Signs Digital Health Law Update | Winter 2021

Jones Day on 1/29/2021

Note from the Editors - Digital technologies have transformed almost every aspect of the health care and life sciences industry—from electronic health records and telemedicine, to diagnostics and therapeutics augmented by...more

New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Protections for Cybersecurity Technology

Jones Day on 1/19/2021

The Situation: The adoption of new technologies has been a hallmark of the health care industry in the twenty-first century. While these technologies have helped to improve both industry efficiency and patient outcomes, the...more

Fraud and Abuse Rules Part II: Amended EHR and New Cybersecurity Donation Safe Harbors and Exceptions

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/13/2021

As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules expected to be effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law...more

HHS Issues Final Cybersecurity Safe Harbor and Exception

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/16/2020

On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) each released a final rule (the Final Rules). The Final...more

New Sprint Regulations Encourage Investment in EHR and Cybersecurity Technology

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/4/2020

On December 2, 2020, under the Trump Administration's "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care" initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published final...more

New AKS Safe Harbors Finalized

Rivkin Radler LLP on 12/3/2020

The Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has finalized new safe harbors and modifications of existing safe harbors under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) to reflect a policy...more

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