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Hacking and Healing: Nation-States, Cyber Attacks, and Healthcare Law

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Modern warfare is no longer restricted to physical battlefields and professional military. Countries like North Korea and Russia have few qualms about using cyberspace to reach well beyond their physical borders to target...more

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Rulemaking Begins to Interpret Florida Law Limiting Persons from Foreign Countries of Concern

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Florida enacted Senate Bill (SB) 264 (Chapter 2023-33, Laws of Florida) in May 2023 to limit select persons from "foreign countries of concern" from owning, having a controlling interest in or acquiring an interest in certain...more

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Overview of Recent Anti-Corruption Enforcement Actions in the Pharmaceutical Industry in China

On May 8, 2023, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), along with 13 other government departments of the PRC, issued the “Key Highlights for Combating Corruption in the Medicine Purchase...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Philips Agrees to Pay $62M to Settle FCPA Books-and-Records Violations from Efforts to Win Chinese Contracts

Koninklijke Philips N.V., a global medical technology manufacturer, recently agreed to pay over $62 million to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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China’s Data Privacy Laws and Implications for Healthcare Industry

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China recently finalized the Measures for Security Assessment for Cross-Border Data Transfers, unveiling the last piece of the puzzle for cross-border data transfer. This LawFlash highlights the key requirements in the data...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - July 21st - 22nd, Boston, MA

ACI is excited to welcome you back in-person to the 14th Advanced Forum on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry, taking place on July 21–22, 2022 in Boston! Legal and compliance professionals from...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Personal Health Data at Risk of Foreign Exploitation

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Issue: The U.S. Government is warning American health care entities that personal health data, including genetic information, from diagnostic tests and services could end up in the hands of foreign governments for unintended...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

FBI: More Awareness, Due Diligence Needed To Fight China in New ‘Space Race’ for Data

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 10 (October, 2021) - Conducting a risk analysis is a basic tenet of security compliance, with the overarching goal of understanding where protected health information (PHI) “lives” in an...more

Morgan Lewis

Overview of China’s Internet-Based Medicine

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The Chinese government has been actively promoting internet-based medicine in mainland China since 2014. On July 17, 2018, the National Health Committee (NHC) and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - September 2020

As the November elections rapidly approach, Congress faces a number of key legislative deadlines, including the need to fund federal agencies and extend expiring federal programs at the conclusion of the current fiscal year...more

Morgan Lewis

Telehealth Use Surges Around the World Amid COVID-19 (UPDATED)

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During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have seen a dramatic shift from in-person visits to telehealth services around the globe, unveiling what may be the new normal for providing healthcare services....more

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Telehealth Use Surges Around the World Amid COVID-19

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During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have seen a dramatic shift from in-person visits to telehealth services around the globe, unveiling what may be the new normal for providing healthcare services....more

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Recent Trends in Telemedicine in China

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The COVID-19 outbreak inevitability has spurred unprecedented progress on a paradigm shift to telemedicine. According to a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group, China is already the world’s third largest Med Tech...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

COVID-19: Connecticut Issues Expedited CON Review Guidelines and Provider Guidance to Help Response Efforts

On March 16, Connecticut agencies released two important guidance documents for state health care providers and organizations confronting the COVID-19 pandemic...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

OCR COVID-19 Updates on HIPAA and Anti-Discrimination Laws

Hospitals will have a limited waiver of HIPAA sanctions and penalties during the COVID-19 outbreak as a result of a bulletin issued on March 16, 2020 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

COVID-19 Update: OMHAS issues guidance for opioid treatment programs

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Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services (OMHAS) has issued guidance to support Ohio opioid treatment programs (OTPs) in light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak....more

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HHS Issues Section 1135 Waiver, and CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of Health Care Laws, in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Following the President’s proclamation on March 13 that the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a national emergency, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar issued a Waiver or Modification of...more

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HHS and States Relax Telehealth Licensing Rules for Healthcare Professionals Amid COVID-19 Emergency

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Following President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on March 13, the US Department of Health and Human Services has finalized licensure waivers that would permit physicians participating in Federal health care...more

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How does the Designation of Coronavirus as a Pandemic Impact Healthcare Employers?

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As most employers know, on March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) a pandemic. While COVID-19 will impact employers in multiple ways, healthcare providers, including...more

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Connecticut Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Order Impacts Behavioral Health Facilities

Over the weekend, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued a new Executive Order 7C, which has significant implications for facilities in Connecticut that provide mental health treatment amidst the COVID-19 outbreak....more

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Colorado Mandates 4 Days of Paid Leave for COVID-19 Testing

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On March 10, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued an executive order directing he Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“DLE”) to create emergency rules to “ensure workers in food handling, hospitality, child...more

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Recommendations for Health Care Providers in Managing COVID-19

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 is now a pandemic. The effects continue to be felt in the United States, which now has well over 1,000 confirmed novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...more

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Disclosing Information about the Novel Coronavirus under HIPAA

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Health care providers, health plans, and others who are subject to HIPAA are sure to have questions about when they may disclose information about individuals who have contracted, or been exposed to, Coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

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HIPAA and COVID-19: Balancing Public Health Concerns and Patient Privacy in the Midst of a Pandemic

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Although COVID-19 is not the first pandemic to hit the United States, the virus has thrown the country into uncharted territory as federal and state governments and agencies struggle to contain the virus’s quick-moving...more

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CMS Issues Guidance to Hospitals on Emergency Treatment of COVID-19 Patients

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to issue frequent guidance to the healthcare industry, including guidance after receiving questions on fulfilling Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act...more

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