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Medical Records Ownership and the Information Blocking Rules

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Patients may think they own their medical records. While patients certainly have the right to access and, in many cases, control how their health information is used and disclosed, medical records ownership can be murky....more

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3 Ways That Blockchain Can Help the Healthcare Industry Focus More on Patient Care and Less on Administrative Headaches

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The healthcare industry has unique data management needs as it deals with patient information that is sensitive, personal, and confidential. However, this data is often stored and spread across different facilities and...more

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[Podcast] Let it Flow: Breaking Down Information Blocking

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Partner Vimala Devassy and Associate Kyle Gregory discuss how recent regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) represent the latest effort to break down these barriers to interoperability...more

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From NC State to Changing the State of Health Information Networks, with Medicom Technologies’ Malcolm Benitz

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Malcolm Benitz and his two co-founders Michael Rosenberg and Chase Ballard, while in the Entrepreneurship program at NC State, found a problem in medical information, and they were determined to fix it. With $5M in Series A...more

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DOJ Goes After The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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A software developer of an electronic health records system utilizing AI is the recent target in a DOJ fraud investigation. On January 27, 2020, the DOJ announced that Practice Fusion, Inc. entered into a deferred...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Health Information Technology Developer to Pay $145 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

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In the DOJ’s first-ever criminal action against an electronic health records vendor, San Francisco-based Practice Fusion Inc. agreed to pay $145 million to resolve allegations that it received kickbacks from pharmaceutical...more

Troutman Pepper

Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part One

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The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning and estate administration. Your hosts, Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch and Justin...more

Epstein Becker & Green

7 Hot Health Care Industry Sectors for Investment, Growth & Consolidation in 2020

Based on their extensive experience advising health care industry clients, Epstein Becker Green attorneys and strategic advisors from EBG Advisors are predicting the “hot” health care sectors for investment, growth, and...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

CMS and OIG propose changes to existing rules for donations of electronic health records and new rules for donations of...

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On October 9, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released proposed changes to the regulations interpreting the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). On the same day, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...more

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West Virginia's New Telemedicine Practice Standards & Remote Prescribing Laws

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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) signed into law, on March 24, 2016, a new bill (House Bill No. 4463) implementing a variety of telemedicine practice standards and remote prescribing rules in the Mountain State....more

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Louisiana Telemedicine Practice Rules: What Providers Need to Know

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Louisiana’s Board of Medical Examiners (the “Board”) enacted regulations in the fall amending the prior practice standards for telemedicine, the requirements for obtaining a telemedicine permit, and the rules on remote...more

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OIG Warns Information Blocking May Affect Safe Harbor Protection

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In an alert published October 6, 2015, the OIG reminded the public that “information blocking”—generally described as individuals or entities knowingly and unreasonably interfering with the exchange or use of electronic...more

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Colorado Proposes New Telehealth Rules

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The Colorado Medical Board proposed updated draft guidelines for the delivery of healthcare services via telehealth, as well as remote prescribing for new patients. Recognizing that “using telehealth technologies in the...more

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HIPAA Violation Results in $4.8 Million Settlement: An IT Perspective

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In today’s healthcare industry, information technology (“IT”) systems play an ever-expanding role in the success of a medical practice. Medical practitioners consistently juggle e-billing and electronic medical records...more

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Electronic Prescribing And Electronic Health Records Exceptions To The Stark Law

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The electronic prescribing and electronic health records (“EHR”) exceptions to the federal physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn) were first published in the Federal Register in 2006, yet they...more

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