The CARES Act provides an additional $100 billion to reimburse health care providers for COVID-19 expenses and lost revenue.
The Secretary of HHS has broad discretion in distributing the CARES Act’s $100 billion in...more
While the COVID-19 emergency continues, Medicare will pay health care professionals to provide care by telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries in their homes, and HIPAA restrictions affecting the use of non-compliant video chat...more
3/20/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Waivers
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), protects plan participant benefits and account balances by imposing high standards of care on the plan’s fiduciaries. Fiduciaries who do not follow...more
9/6/2016
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
PHI ,
Retirement ,
Retirement Plan
Tax-exempt health care systems facing growing operating costs and falling revenues frequently explore creation of ancillary joint ventures (AJVs) as vehicles to raise capital, share risk, expand coverage, and provide care...more
California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 56 et seq. (“CMIA”), provides that an individual may recover $1,000 nominal damages (plus actual damages if any) based on the negligent release of...more
California appellate courts are clarifying potential liability under California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 56 et seq. (“CMIA”) of health care providers, health plans, pharmaceutical...more
On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services published the much-anticipated Omnibus Final Rule (the “Final Rule”), which, with respect to business associates and their subcontractors, conforms HIPAA’s...more