Healthcare Document Retention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 190: Healthcare Tech and Human Resources with Shannon Frazier, HR Executive Director at Lenovo
The Chartwell Chronicles: Occupational Exposure Claims
Proof in Trial: Appellate Edition: Integra Med Analytics LLC et al. v. Providence Health & Services et al.
Hospice Audit Series | Painting the Picture: How to Advocate for Clinical Hospice Eligibility in the Audit Appeal Process
2022 Resolutions: What Healthcare Practices Need To Tackle In the New Year
Podcast: Are Vaccine Passports the Key to Reopening? - Diagnosing Health Care
Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy
Workers' Compensation Academy: The Smoking Gun: Importance of Investigation in Insurance & Workers’ Compensation
From NC State to Changing the State of Health Information Networks, with Medicom Technologies’ Malcolm Benitz
Protecting Patient Medical Records
Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part Two
Patient Records Requests: What You Need to Know
Technology in Healthcare
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a civil monetary penalty of $115,200 against American Medical Response (“AMR”) based on a complaint that...more
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the imposition of a civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) of $115,200 collected against American Medical Response...more
On June 20, 2024, a U.S. federal district court held, in a suit brought by Jones Day, that the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") had misapplied the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA")...more
This year, the federal government has made significant changes to longstanding health care privacy rules, while state lawmakers continue to enact privacy restrictions on consumer health data. These reforms modify legal...more
On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule modifying the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records (the Final Rule) codified at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2)....more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued its Final Rule to modify HIPAA “to support reproductive health care privacy.” The Final Rule is in response to Executive...more
As discussed in our prior health law update, New Limits on Minor Consents in Idaho, effective July 1, 2024, parents generally will have the right to access the medical records of their unemancipated minor children subject to...more
For the vast majority of records maintained by public schools, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) is not applicable. This is because most records that contain medical information related to a...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") continues to be actively engaged in investigating and settling alleged HIPAA violations. In advance of Mother's Day, two decisions...more
Healthcare organizations continue to be prime targets of cyberattacks. It is well-established that cyberattacks can lead to financial loss, reputational damage, and, in some cases, risks to patient care and safety. The recent...more
On February 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office for Civil Rights and its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), published the long-awaited Final Rule...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized amendments to more closely align the Part 2 substance use disorder (SUD) regulations with HIPAA. These changes have the potential to streamline compliance...more
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a final rule (the Rule) updating the...more
On February 8, 2024, the federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) were revised in part to increase patient protection and streamline patient consent...more
Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final reg that aims to better align 42 CFR Part 2. This...more
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), released final rule (Final Rule)...more
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) updating federal “Part 2” regulations to more closely align the requirements applicable to substance use disorder...more
It is important for health care providers and their lawyers to understand Personal Health Records (“PHRs”) and how they relate to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). A PHR grants a patient...more
Start with a records request. Add a seven months’ wait. Stir in the chaos of the pandemic, with most employees working from home. Blend in a perhaps-neglected post office box. Bake for two-and-a-half years....more
In late August, the HHS Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") announced an $80,000 settlement with United Healthcare Insurance Company ("United") relating to OCR's right of access initiative (the "Initiative") which requires that...more
BACKGROUND - As we noted in prior health care alerts in 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) significantly overhauled the federal law that governs the confidentiality of substance use...more
The start of 2023 has brought with it significant changes to data privacy – new state laws concerning data privacy came into effect January 1 (the California Privacy Rights Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act),...more
Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has proposed amendments to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rule, 42 C.F.R. part 2 (the "Part 2 Rule") with a comment deadline of January 31....more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to significantly revise rules governing patient records in substance use disorder (SUD) programs, commonly known as the Part 2 rules, with important...more