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The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to Issue Key Health Policies

The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, 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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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

21st Century Cures Act Includes Prohibition on Information Blocking and Mandates for Additional HIPAA Guidance

On November 30, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives voted strongly in favor of the 21st Century Cures Act (the Act), an expansive health bill that addresses the discovery and development of new medical therapies as well...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2014 – The Health Law Year in Review

Each year brings significant changes and challenges in the laws governing the health care industry, and 2014 proved to be no exception. What the year may have lacked in the high drama that accompanies comprehensive health...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

News from the Health Law Gurus™

News from the Health Law Gurus™ is a weekly summary of notable health law news from around the country with helpful links to related content. Check back every week for the latest health law news stories....more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

News from the Health Law Gurus™

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Health System Network Affecting 4.5 Million Individuals – Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”) reported this week that the information of approximately 4.5 million individuals has been affected by...more

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OIG and CMS Extend Expiration Date for EHR Donations

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As the final days of 2013 passed and the sunset of the Stark Law exception and anti-kickback law safe harbor for electronic health record (EHR) donations loomed nearer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Federal Government Extends Donated EHR Technology Protections under Stark and AKS through 2021

Some of the most important protections under the federal Stark Law (“Stark”) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) have been those that permit hospitals and other organizations to donate electronic health records...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Extension of and Modification to Regulatory Protections for Donated EHR

In the December 27, 2013 edition of the Federal Register, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), both within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”),...more

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CMS and OIG Issue Final Rules Extending EHR Stark Law Exception and AKS Safeharbor to December 31, 2021

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On December 27, 2013, CMS published a final rule in the Federal Register revising the previously enacted exception to the Stark law that permits certain arrangements involving the donation of electronic health records (EHR)...more

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OIG Extends Electronic Health Records AKS Safe Harbor

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has amended the Safe Harbor Regulation regarding electronic health record (EHR) items and services. The primary purpose of the amendment is to extend the Safe Harbor, which was scheduled...more

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CMS And OIG Release Final Rules Extending Stark Law Exception And Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor For Donations Of Electronic...

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In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "OIG") published final rules providing for an exception to the Stark Law...more

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OIG Releases Report on EHR Fraud Controls

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On December 11, 2013, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report examining provider use of certain fraud controls in certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. OIG’s survey of 864 hospitals found...more

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OIG Finds Office for Civil Rights Did Not Meet All Requirements For Oversight and Enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule

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According to the Office for the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has accomplished certain requirements, but it has not satisfied others that are...more

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