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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

New CMS Guidance on Use of Algorithms and AI in Prior Authorizations and Utilization Management

Whiteford on 3/1/2024

Use of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) in prior authorization and utilization management is facing growing criticism and litigation. Notable lawsuits include alleged automatic authorization denials for tests that...more

Georgia Proposes a Bill to Regulate Physician and Insurer AI Use

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/30/2024

The health care industry, like most industries, is exploring how to reap the benefits of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence-based technologies while managing the risks they pose. Federal and state policymakers are...more

White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence: Implications for the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/2/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed the first ever Executive Order (EO) that specifically directs federal agencies on the use and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A Fact Sheet for this EO is also...more

Achieving Diversity in Clinical Trials - Expanding Hospital Capacity to Offer Clinical Trials in the Community

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/11/2023

Executive Summary - The inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in clinical trials has been a national priority for decades, but progress toward that end has been limited. When the Covid-19 pandemic threw into stark relief...more

UK - ICO publishes neurotechnology report flagging the discrimination risks in brain-monitoring technologies

A&O Shearman on 6/22/2023

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published a report on neurotechnology and released an accompanying statement on 8 June 2023....more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 15

Hogan Lovells on 1/27/2021

In Washington: House Democrats are altering the House calendar to speed up passing a COVID-19 relief through a reconciliation package by mid-March. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the House will not...more

French Legal and Regulatory Update - January 2017

Hogan Lovells on 2/22/2017

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for January 2017. 1. Audovisual...more

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