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340B Program Administrative Dispute Resolution Final Rule: Key Takeaways

On April 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Final Rule for its oft-criticized 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...more

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OIG's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities – What Employers Need to Know

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OIG maintains a list of all currently excluded individuals and entities called the "List of Excluded Individuals/Entities," or LEIE. Covered entities that hire – or continue to employ or work with – an individual or entity on...more

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Cybersecurity, Inside Jobs, Outside Jobs, and HIPAA

According to a February 12, 2019 Press Release from Protenus, a developer of analytics for patient privacy monitoring and compliance, 15,085,302 patient records were breached in 2018 – a startling number made even more...more

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Are You a “Hybrid Entity” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996? The $4,348,000 Question

A single, multidisciplinary entity, like a university, may include certain departments that use PHI, and other departments that do not. Such institutions are eligible to (and should) self-identify as “hybrid entities” to...more

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OCR For The Win: MD Anderson HIPAA Enforcement Action

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Once again, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) upheld the imposition of civil money penalties charged against a covered entity by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) for...more

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FTC Finds Laboratory Security Practices Caused Consumer Harm

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On July 28, 2016, a panel (the “FTC Panel”) of three acting Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) commissioners issued an opinion that found that LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect...more

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Got Data? Actual Harm Not Required for FTC Enforcement Action for Lax Security Measures

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While much of Washington, D.C. is enjoying the slow and hazy days of summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is staying busy solidifying its presence as the go-to authority for data security. Most recently, on July 29,...more

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Alert: FTC Commissioners Find LabMD's Failure to Implement Data Security Practices "Unfair"

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On July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced its long-awaited decision in its LabMD enforcement action. The Commissioners reversed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and held...more

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OCR for the Win: Lincare, Inc. HIPAA Enforcement Action

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For the second time in history, on January 13, 2016, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upheld the imposition of civil money penalties charged against a covered entity by the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health...more

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Second CMP Assessed for HIPAA Violations: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

For only the second time in its history, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has imposed a civil money penalty (CMP) on a covered entity for allegedly violating the HIPAA...more

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