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Health Plan Compliance Deadlines Draw Near

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Regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA will require health plans and health care providers to take action in the coming months to meet new requirements. Health plan sponsors and providers that...more

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New Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule: Key Compliance Steps and Dates

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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and subsequent state abortion bans, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Employers Must Keep Reproductive Health Information About Their Plan Participants Private Under New HIPAA Privacy Rule

Imagine you are a corporate Human Resources/Total Rewards leader who receives a request from a state’s law enforcement agency for health plan records about a plan participant’s abortions or other reproductive health care. How...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Attention, Group Health Plans: New HIPAA Privacy Rule Governing Reproductive Health Care Information Imposes Obligations,...

It is critical for employers and plan fiduciaries/administrators to stay informed of HIPAA privacy and security-related legal developments because most employer sponsored group health plans — regardless of the employer’s...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Restricts Marketing Companies From Sharing Medicare Beneficiary Data

Half of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. This extensive growth, which represents a doubling of MA enrollment since 2010, has been driven in part by an extensive network of insurance agents...more

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Transforming Care Strategies -- Integration of AI in Healthcare: Summary of Legal/Regulatory Issues

I was pleased to take part in the “Transforming Care – Strategies for Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare” discussion, hosted by the New England Healthcare Executive Network at Foley Hoag on April 1. The...more

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The Impact of Medicaid Telehealth Policy Change on Equitable Access to Telehealth Services in NC

Editor’s Note: In a new issue brief published by the Milbank Memorial Fund and summarized below, Manatt Health and leadership from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) share insights into...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - August 2023 #2

Payment Parity: Permanent State Laws and Statutes - Payment Parity requires that health care providers are reimbursed the same amount for telehealth visits as in-person visits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advancing Women’s Reproductive Health Access: Medicaid Should Be a Part of Your Growth Strategy

The Medicaid Market: A Huge and Growing Investment Opportunity - Medicaid is a critical source of health care coverage for women in their childbearing years, covering 1 in 5, or 13 million, women of reproductive age and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - August 2023

Illinois passed S.B. 1913, which requires Medicaid FFS and Medicaid managed care plans to provide coverage of mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and ‘behavioral telehealth services’. Requires Medicaid...more

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Washington State’s New My Health My Data Act Will Likely Result in Insurance Coverage Disputes

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Washington state recently passed the My Health My Data Act (the Act), which will almost certainly lead to an explosion of consumer lawsuits and follow-on insurance coverage disputes. The measure is intended to protect...more

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Key Takeaways | Putting Employee Wellness Programs to Work

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During this session, panelists discussed the unique opportunities and challenges of digital-health wellness programs that partner with employers and health plans in considering, adopting and operationalizing wellness programs...more

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Enhancing Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services: State-Level Best Practices

Editor’s Note: In a new issue brief prepared with the support of Arnold Ventures, Manatt Health shares an array of best practice strategies in place across the nation to serve as an actionable road map for states that might...more

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Implementing State-Level Policy and Operational Processes That Enhance Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services

Given its role as a critical source of health care coverage for low-income individuals in the United States, including 13 million women of reproductive age, Medicaid is the primary source of family planning coverage in the...more

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Hot Topics in Health Care May 2023

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Proposed Protections for Patient Data Related to Reproductive Care - On April 12, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule to strengthen HIPAA...more

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The Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part II – Impact on the Provision of Medical Services via Telehealth

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As announced by the White House on January 30, 2023, the public health emergency (PHE) is set to end on May 11, 2023. The end of the PHE also brings an end to several flexibilities that were implemented that impact telehealth...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - April 2023 #2

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Your Employee Benefit Plans May Need a Check Up: Nearing the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Where did the time go? Just a brief 1,199 days after it began, the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is coming to an end. The PHE formally ends on May 11, 2023, short of any unexpected developments. And that means the...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Outbreak Period to Be Applied on a One-Year Rolling Basis

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In this legal update, our employee benefits attorneys cover three recent health and welfare plan developments....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Back to Business: Five Developments Impacting Health Care Employers - Take 5 Newsletter August 2019

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As summer winds down, the challenges impacting health care employers in 2019 continue to heat up. These challenges include ongoing developments regarding marijuana legalization, employee resistance to vaccination mandates,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Announced by CMS – Approximately 75,000 Individuals’ Files Affected

Cyber-attacks on healthcare data are becoming increasingly common and costly and last week even CMS announced that it had suffered a data breach....more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our second “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please...more

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2016 Health Care Year in Review

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Since I began writing this year-end review in 2013, there have been some common themes – a shift to pay for quality and away from fee-for service, much of which has been brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): efforts...more

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Hot Topics in Employer Health Benefits

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As we start looking forward to 2017, and as many employers head into annual enrollment periods this fall, employers need to be aware of recent changes in the law that have a significant impact on health benefit plans. This...more

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District Court Decision Upholds Employer’s Wellness Program But Signals Support for EEOC Positions Going Forward

In EEOC v. Orion Energy Systems, Inc., the Eastern District of Wisconsin rejected the EEOC’s claims that Orion Energy’s wellness program violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Although the court upheld the...more

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