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What’s Hot in Healthcare: Digital Health Regulatory Update

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As the summer winds down, regulatory updates related to digital health services certainly do not appear to be showing any signs of cooling off. It has been a busy summer, and below we have summarized several key updates for...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Highlights from the Inaugural Hot Topics in Health Care Law

The Miles & Stockbridge Health Care Practice Group hosted its inaugural Hot Topics in Health Care Law seminar last month for clients from Maryland and beyond. Miles & Stockbridge health care lawyers kicked off the seminar...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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OCR Issues Guidance to Patients and Providers on Telehealth Privacy and Security

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On October 18, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an update1 containing two resource documents to help educate patients regarding privacy and security...more

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Digital Health 101: OCR Issues Resources to Educate Patients on Telehealth, PHI

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On October 18, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two resource documents to help explain the privacy and security risks to patients’ protected health...more

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DHHS OCR and FTC Issue Warning to Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers Regarding Privacy and Security Risks

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On July 20, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint letter to hospitals and telehealth providers alerting them to...more

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Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Issue Warnings Related to Use of "Online Tracking...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a warning letter that they jointly sent to more than 130 hospital systems and...more

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FTC and HHS Warn Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers About Use of Technologies That Share Sensitive Health Information

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The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights are cautioning hospitals and telehealth providers about the privacy and security risks related to the use of online...more

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FTC and HHS Express Concern Over Health Data Disclosed by Online Tracking Technologies

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The FTC and HHS Office of Civil Rights sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to warn them about the risks of unauthorized disclosure of personal health information (PHI) associated...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

HHS and FTC Send Joint Letter to 130 Hospital Systems, Telehealth Providers Re: Tracking Technologies

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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission have sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to emphasize the risks and concerns about the use 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

J.S. Held

Litigation Surge From the Use of Tracking Technology & the Sharing of Healthcare and Personal Data

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Introduction: Tracking Software in the Healthcare Industry - Privacy-related concerns have become increasingly prominent in recent years, especially with the widespread use of third-party tracking tools such as tracking...more

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Full HIPAA Enforcement to Resume as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

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On April 11, 2023, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its plan for termination of the existing notifications of enforcement discretion related to the expiration of the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 9th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EST

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

Stevens & Lee

Overview of HHS Guidance on Audio-Only Telehealth Services

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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the evolution of the role of technology in medical care, giving rise to novel issues in the absence of formal governmental guidance. Responding to certain challenges brought on by the...more

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HHS Issues New HIPAA Guidance on Audio-Only Telehealth Services

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Executive Summary - • During the pandemic, audio-only telehealth was a critical tool to provide care to populations that did not use video during telehealth sessions, frequently due to factors such as lack of financial...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

HHS Issues HIPAA Guidance on Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth

The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), recently issued new regulatory guidance relating to covered entities’ HIPAA-compliant use of remote communication technologies for...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

OCR Issues New Guidance Applying Security Rule to Digital Voice Transmissions and Storage

On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced new guidance on using remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services in compliance with...more

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HIPAA & Telehealth: FAQs from HHS Guidance on Audio-Only Telehealth

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Preparation for operations after the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) have commenced. HHS released guidance on using remote communication technologies for audio-only telehealth services in compliance with HIPAA. In...more

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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

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HIPAA & Telehealth: FAQs from HHS Guidance on Audio-Only Telehealth

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Preparation for operations after the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) have commenced. HHS released guidance on using remote communication technologies for audio-only telehealth services in compliance with HIPAA. In...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

King & Spalding

Clinical Laboratory Agrees to Settlement with HHS for Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations Despite Not Being Involved in Data...

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On May 25, 2021, HHS announced that Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), agreed to a $25,000 settlement and adoption of a comprehensive Corrective Action Plan for...more

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