Healthcare, Healthcare Professionals

Life Sciences Update -- May 2013: Baker & McKenzie

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 5/3/2013

Increased Regulation of Interactions with Healthcare Professionals - In an effort to increase the transparency of interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health care professionals the new (17th) edition of...more

Trusts & Estates - Preventative Medicine for the Health of Your Estate

by Leora Ardizzone, David Schoenhaar | Ruskin Moscou Faltischek on 5/1/2013

Physicians and other licensed health care providers labor many years to build their practices. However, unlike many other businesses, a health care practice cannot be passed by will or otherwise to the provider's spouse or...more

CMS Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in SNFs and NFs

by Simi Botic, Thomas Hess | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an important instruction for physicians, non-physician practitioners (“NPPs”) and providers who bill for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)...more

The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About The OIG’S Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Laurence Freedman, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/23/2013

On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an updated Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) governing the process by which health care providers can...more

Two Databases Become One: HRSA’s Rule on Reporting Provider Sanctions

by Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/11/2013

The Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) has issued a final rule (“HRSA Rule”) that will eliminate duplicative federal reporting requirements of provider sanctions and other adverse actions taken against...more

Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules

by Edward Buthusiem, Cheray Lynch Sieminski | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 3/20/2013

After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1,...more

Hot Wage and Hour Issues for Home Healthcare Employers

by Gregory Brown, Marcia Ganz, Anne Mellen, Robert O'Brien, Breanne M. Sheetz, Angelo Spinola, Carole Wilder | Littler on 3/20/2013

In This Report: - I. Spotlight On Wage-And-Hour Risks For The Home Healthcare Industry - II. Potential Loss Of The Companionship Services Exemption - III. Other Common Types Of Claims - A. Misclassification...more

When Substandard Care Leads To Medical Malpractice

by Trecker & Fritz on 3/15/2013

Injuries suffered at birth are among the most devastating and tragic for victims and their families. And when such injuries result from negligence, there is no good answer to families who ask why is my child hurt? In the...more

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

by Jill Girardeau | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 2/6/2013

Changes to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule - Background: On October 30, 2009, HHS issued an interim final rule revising the Enforcement Rule to incorporate provisions of the HITECH Act. The NPRM then proposed a number of...more

Immigration Alert: January 2013

by Pierre Georges Bonnefil, Patrick Brady, Robert Groban, Jang Hyuk Im, Greta Ravitsky | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 1/30/2013

In this issue: - H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year 2014 - Report Finds Immigration Laws Frustrate the Admission of Critical Health Care Professionals - Senators Offer...more

Battling ‘Breach Fatigue’: How to Get Their Attention

by Greentarget on 1/28/2013

Healthcare professionals recently convened at the HIMSS Privacy & Security Forum in Boston to discuss the growing problem of data breaches and compromised patient privacy. Providers clearly need to take a strong approach to...more

Medical Malpractice Litigation [Video]

by Lawline.com on 1/11/2013

Returning faculty member Gerald Oginski presents an updated program about Medical Malpractice Litigation for the non-personal injury attorney. Attorney Oginski explains how an attorney should respond to different medical...more

Strict Products Liability Claims Based On Design Defect Are Inapplicable To Implanted Medical Devices That Are Available Only...

by CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 12/21/2012

A recent California Court of Appeal decision out of the Second District has provided further clarity to the scope of California products liability law by reasserting the general rule that precludes strict liability for design...more

State Fines Hospital For Patient Confidentiality Breach; Requires HIPAA Training For Executives

by Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions, Kimberly M. Wong | BakerHostetler on 12/13/2012

A California hospital that disclosed a patient’s medical record in response to a California Watch investigative report on the alleged inappropriate billing practices of the hospital’s parent organization was recently cited by...more

HIPAA De-Identification Guidance

by Jennifer S. Geetter, Amy Gordon, Daniel F. Gottlieb, Amy Hooper Kearbey | McDermott Will & Emery on 12/12/2012

Office of Civil Rights has released additional guidance addressing the de-identification of protected health information in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Covered entities should review their current...more

OCR Issues Guidance On HIPAA Privacy Rule’s De-Identification Standard

by Ryan Blaney, Tzvia Feiertag | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 12/7/2012

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a thirty-two page document titled “Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information...more

Utilizing the HIPAA audit protocols as a compliance tool By Kimberly J. Gold

by Kimberly J. Gold | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 12/6/2012

Originally published in Compliance Today on December 1, 2012. ..Covered entities are now subject to privacy and security audits by OCR. ..OCR published audit protocols regarding its standards for such...more

Office of Civil Rights Releases Guidance on De-Identification of PHI Under HIPAA Privacy Rule

by M. Leeann Habte, James R. Kalyvas, Alexandre C. Nisenbaum, R. Michael Scarano Jr. | Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/4/2012

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released long-overdue guidance on how covered entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more

OCR Issues Guidance on Methods for De-Identification of PHI Under HIPAA

by Julie K. Lappas | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 11/29/2012

On November 26th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance on the methods that covered entities and business associates can use to de-identify protected health...more

Escaping HIPAA: New Guidance on De-Identifying Health Information

by Adam H. Greene | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/29/2012

HIPAA places tight restrictions on the use and disclosure of protected health information, but there are many ways to “de-identify” it, freeing it from HIPAA’s constraints. Covered entities and business associates can use...more

OCR releases HIPAA privacy rule guidance on de-identifying PHI

by The Harlow Group LLC on 11/27/2012

Just two and a half years after hosting a workshop on the HIPAA Privacy Rule's de-identification standard, OCR has issued its "Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance...more

Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance...

by Ken Moyle on 11/26/2012

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights released its long-awaited guidance regarding the de-identification of protected health information in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and...more

HIPAA Privacy In The Aftermath Of Sandy: Be Prepared For The Next Emergency

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 11/21/2012

As health care providers, patients, family members, friends, and disaster relief agencies such as the American Red Cross continue to grapple with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy it is important to be mindful of privacy...more

FDA Publishes Names of Healthcare Providers That Received Contaminated Products

by King & Spalding on 10/31/2012

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published the names of healthcare providers that received contaminated products from New England Compounding Center’s facility in Framingham, Massachusetts. The FDA has...more

Eleventh Circuit Rules Licensed Professional Nurses Are Supervisors, Providing Strong Ammunition to Long-Term Healthcare...

by Littler on 10/25/2012

On October 2, 2012, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the National Labor Relations Board's decision that licensed professional nurses (LPNs) employed at a long-term health care...more

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Life Sciences Update -- May 2013: Baker & McKenzie

Trusts & Estates - Preventative Medicine for the Health of Your Estate

CMS Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in SNFs and NFs

The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About The OIG’S Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

Two Databases Become One: HRSA’s Rule on Reporting Provider Sanctions

Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules

Hot Wage and Hour Issues for Home Healthcare Employers

When Substandard Care Leads To Medical Malpractice

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

Immigration Alert: January 2013

Battling ‘Breach Fatigue’: How to Get Their Attention

Medical Malpractice Litigation [Video]

Strict Products Liability Claims Based On Design Defect Are Inapplicable To Implanted Medical Devices That Are Available Only...

State Fines Hospital For Patient Confidentiality Breach; Requires HIPAA Training For Executives

HIPAA De-Identification Guidance

OCR Issues Guidance On HIPAA Privacy Rule’s De-Identification Standard

Utilizing the HIPAA audit protocols as a compliance tool By Kimberly J. Gold

Office of Civil Rights Releases Guidance on De-Identification of PHI Under HIPAA Privacy Rule

OCR Issues Guidance on Methods for De-Identification of PHI Under HIPAA

Escaping HIPAA: New Guidance on De-Identifying Health Information

OCR releases HIPAA privacy rule guidance on de-identifying PHI

Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance...

HIPAA Privacy In The Aftermath Of Sandy: Be Prepared For The Next Emergency

FDA Publishes Names of Healthcare Providers That Received Contaminated Products

Eleventh Circuit Rules Licensed Professional Nurses Are Supervisors, Providing Strong Ammunition to Long-Term Healthcare...

Medical Malpractice Litigation [Video]

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