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K&L Gates Triage: 340B Update - Hospitals Request Eligibility Flexibilities Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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In this episode, Richard Church and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, including recent COVID-19 guidance by the Health Resources and Services Administration and hospital requests...more

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Protect Your Business As You Combat COVID-19 - Liability Immunity Under the PREP Act

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In times of crisis, Americans give. They create. They innovate. And, most importantly, they help their neighbors. The COVID-19 pandemic will unleash the full strength of American ingenuity as we mobilize to find, develop,...more

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OCR Issues Guidance to Assist Health Care Providers in the Age of the Coronavirus

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As a result of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued several pieces of guidance to help HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to best address how patient information...more

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Michigan’s COVID-19-Related Executive Orders: Guidance for Employers

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued two executive orders over the past several days that will impact certain employers that are responding to the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19. On March 14, 2020, Executive Order...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

COVID-19 and Patient Information Disclosure and Reporting

Federal health care privacy laws, most notably privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), permit covered entities to disclose information concerning COVID-19...more

Carlton Fields

New HHS Cybersecurity Preparedness Checklist

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a checklist to guide HIPAA-covered entities and business associates through an appropriate response to a ransomware or cybersecurity...more

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Ebola Outbreak Prompts HHS Bulletin on Application of HIPAA During Emergencies

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HIPAA Privacy Rule...more

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HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations

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In light of the Ebola outbreak and other events, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, released a bulletin to ensure HIPAA covered entities are aware of the ways in which patient...more

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