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Navigating the Legal Boundaries of Telehealth

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It may seem like telehealth emerged overnight during the COVID 19 pandemic. However, telemedicine has been developing for centuries....more

Hinch Newman LLP

Whoa! U.S. Lawsuit Against Telehealth Providers and Executives Should Turn Heads

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On June 10, 2024, the U.S. Justice Department announced that together with the Federal Trade Commission, it filed an amended complaint against telehealth company Cerebral Inc., Cerebral’s founder and former Chief Executive...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 22nd - 23rd, Anchorage, AK

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 22nd - 23rd, Anchorage, AK

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - March 8th, Washington, DC

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - March 8th, Washington, DC

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

[Webinar] Lunch and Learn Series: Telehealth After the Pandemic: Recent Federal and State Developments - September 14th, 12:00 pm...

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On Thursday, September 14, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler Partner Eric D. Fader will present an update on the regulatory landscape for the provision of...more

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Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means the Beginning of the End for HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement...

The Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act during the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

All Good Things Must Come to an End: The Expiration of OCR’s Enforcement Discretion

On April 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirmed that four notifications of enforcement discretion regarding enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

COVID HIPAA Flexibilities to Expire

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced that several notifications of enforcement discretion issued during the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

HHS Issues Guidance on Provider Use of Audio-Only Telehealth

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On June 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance to explain how audio-only telehealth can comply with HIPAA, while also emphasizing that this mode of telehealth services can expand healthcare...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Ann Arbor and Columbus Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - June 24th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EDT

General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 22nd, Chicago, IL

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

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

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The COVID-19 Telehealth Boom Might be Here to Stay, but HIPAA Flexibility Might Not

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One of the many changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic may be the permanent expansion of telehealth. According to a recent study, the US telehealth market is expected to witness 80% year-over-year growth in 2020. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

HIPAA Regulator Relaxes Enforcement for Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Crisis

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 17, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a notification of enforcement discretion, announcing that it would not...more

Nossaman LLP

Providers Permitted to Use Video Chat Applications During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Recognizing the need to empower healthcare providers to reach those most at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently issued a notification announcing...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Help Is on the Way for Telehealth: Loosened HIPAA Enforcement

Telehealth is an essential tool in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as in treating other ailments during this time. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OCR Releases FAQ: Update To March 17 Telehealth Waiver Announcement

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On March 20, 2020 OCR released a Frequently Asked Questions list to help further clarify its March 17th Waiver. In the FAQ, OCR clarifies that the waiver not only allows providers to utilize platforms that do not comply with...more

Polsinelli

Understanding OCR’s Recent Guidance on COVID-19 — COVID-19

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Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has offered guidance to covered entities and business associates regulated by the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OCR Exercises HIPAA Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Services During the Coronavirus Emergency

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken many actions to loosen or waive requirements on the provision of health care during the current coronavirus pandemic, as we discussed yesterday and Tuesday. In...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Telemedicine Comes of Age: OIG is Prosecuting Telehealth Fraud

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You can now tell that telemedicine is a mature industry, because it has achieved enough critical mass that the fraud has started and the OIG is beginning to prosecute. There is a lag time between when the cash flow and profit...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Top 7 Legal Challenges Facing Physicians And Hospitals

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The American Health Lawyers Association’s 2018 Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute in New Orleans focused on the legal challenges faced by physicians and hospitals. Here are the Jackson Lewis Healthcare Industry Team’s...more

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