FCC, Healthcare, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 5, June 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/14/2024

We are pleased to announce that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers and Partners annually...more

REMINDER—New Rules Impacting Exempted Calls Now Effective

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/25/2023

On July 20, 2023, the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules amending various Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exemptions for artificial or prerecorded voice calls to residential telephone lines became...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 4, Issue 7, August 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/4/2023

You may be Entitled to Financial Compensation…for Your Data - “Without all of our writings and photos that AI companies are using to train their models, they would have nothing to sell.” Why this is important: This...more

“Pretext” Theory Could Turn Calls Regarding Free Health Care Services into Prohibited Solicitations, District of New Jersey Holds

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/26/2022

The District of New Jersey recently endorsed the view that calls regarding the availability of free services may plausibly qualify, at the pleadings stage, as “telephone solicitations,” and as such be subject to the Do Not...more

Telemedicine and Texting: Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/8/2021

Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring companies often want to maintain open communication channels with patients, whether it be scheduling, medication reminders, engagement pings, or even new product and service updates....more

FCC Affirms that Health Plans And Providers Cannot Offer Post-Call Opt-Out In Lieu Of “Prior Express Consent”

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/2/2020

The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau last week issued a declaratory ruling resolving a long-pending Petition on the question of whether certain healthcare-related calls, given their significance and value for...more

Applications Open for $200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program

Snell & Wilmer on 4/16/2020

As a follow up to our legal alert posted on April 7, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") announced that it is accepting applications for its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program as of April 13, 2020. As a...more

FCC Adopts New Programs to Help Telehealth Services Combat COVID-19

Perkins Coie on 4/16/2020

Update 04.10.2020: The FCC has launched an online portal explaining the application process for grants from the $200 million in funding to support telehealth services described in this client update. The FCC will begin...more

COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Telehealth, Clinical Trials, Reporting Deadlines)

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/16/2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

Health CARES - Title III of the CARES Act Impact on Telehealth

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/9/2020

As we previously reported, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act...more

DC Circuit Turns Away Healthcare Challenges to TCPA Declaratory Ruling

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 4/4/2018

In ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6535 (2018), the DC Circuit rejected a series of challenges to the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling brought by Rite-Aid related to the...more

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/19/2015

In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/15/2015

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

Avoiding the Costly “Robo No-No”

Buchalter on 9/17/2015

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) was enacted to protect consumers from intrusive robocalls, but Congress probably did not foresee that it would result in a windfall for plaintiff’s lawyers. Virtually every...more

Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Newsletter

Buchalter on 9/16/2015

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! The Unexpected Laws that May Affect Your Telehealth Business - An increasing number of health care providers are exploring telemedicine, either as an adjunct to their primary physical...more

Focus on the TCPA: Consolidated Appeal of FCC’s TCPA Order Continues to Grow

Burr & Forman on 9/14/2015

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) July 10, 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was received by many in the business community with great concern. The Order’s seemingly...more

Alert: Key Regulatory Considerations for Digital Health Companies

Cooley LLP on 9/11/2015

Digital health is a growing field that promises improved patient education, wellness, engagement, access to care, and outcomes, among other things. However, with these new technologies come unique regulatory concerns that...more

Health Care Entities Get Clarity from FCC on Telephone Communications

K&L Gates LLP on 8/10/2015

The health care industry is in the midst of rapid change as governments fight rising health care costs, providers look to comply with myriad new regulations, and technology continues to take a more prominent role in the...more

The FCC's TCPA Regulatory Ruling Imposes Tighter Call Restrictions

Carlton Fields on 8/6/2015

Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a long awaited declaratory ruling and order, FCC 15-72, addressing several petitions which sought clarification of or exemptions from Telephone Consumer...more

FCC Ruling Addresses Robocalls by Health Care Providers

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/28/2015

Mintz Levin’s Communications Practice recently released a Communications Advisory discussing a Declaratory Ruling and Order released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The ruling clarified and expanded the reach...more

FCC’s TCPA Order Offers Little Clarity or Relief for Businesses

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/15/2015

In potentially its most significant action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) since the 2003 overhaul of its rules ushering in the National Do-Not-Call Registry and other updates, the Federal Communications...more

Expect Focus - ONLINE HEALTH CARE: NOT SO FAST Telemedicine Hits A Few Speed Bumps, Volume II, Spring 2015

Carlton Fields on 6/26/2015

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Risky Business: Common Cyber Security Risks, Expensive Consequences - LIFE INSURANCE • Ninth Circuit Finds Bonus Indexed Annuity Delivers Exactly...more

Expect Focus - Spot The Regulator, Volume IV, Fall 2014

Carlton Fields on 1/16/2015

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Crisis Management: Five Steps to Take Before Providing That Comment - LIFE INSURANCE ..Third Circuit Limits ERISA Fiduciary Liability to those with Ultimate...more

Health Update - November 2014

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/21/2014

“Healthcare-Related” Calls: Ambiguity at the Intersection of HIPAA and TCPA - Editor’s Note: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established exemptions from certain requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more

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