Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
9/5/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Licensing Rules ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
7/17/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reimbursements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
7/12/2024
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Mental Health ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
6/3/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Regulations ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
5/30/2024
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Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reimbursements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2024. We discuss various regulatory developments, including guidance on the use of AI in coverage decisions and texting...more
3/15/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Confidential Information ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Machine Learning ,
Opioid ,
Patient Confidentiality Breaches ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Texting
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
3/7/2024
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
2/16/2024
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Interstate Compacts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Licensing Rules ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Licensure Compact ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
1/8/2024
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Interstate Compacts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mental Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
12/11/2023
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Interstate Compacts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Licensing Boards ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On October 18, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two resource documents to help explain the privacy and security risks to patients’ protected health...more
10/25/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Telehealth
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have further extended flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances...more
10/9/2023
/ Controlled Substances ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Extensions ,
Healthcare ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
SAMHSA ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Temporary Regulations
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more
6/23/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Vaccinations
Trending in Telehealth is a new series from the McDermott digital health team in which we highlight state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies,...more
6/16/2023
/ Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth
Trending in Telehealth is a series from the McDermott digital health team in which we highlight state legislative and regulatory developments that impact healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies,...more
On April 20, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a new toolkit designed to help analyze telehealth claims to assess federal healthcare program...more
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are extending telehealth flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances. While the...more
5/11/2023
/ Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
OIG ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
McDermott’s digital health team continually monitors legal developments affecting all aspects of the remote delivery of care. This inaugural issue of our Of Digital Interest Quarterly Roundup highlights key issues and trends...more
4/28/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Controlled Substances ,
DEA ,
Digital Health ,
Financial Crisis ,
Health Care Providers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Silicon Valley ,
State and Local Government ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
Digital health is one of the fast-growing segments of the healthcare market, with patients, clinicians and regulators increasingly aligned behind the opportunities that digitization presents.
Over the last three years,...more
3/21/2023
/ Controlled Substances Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Health ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
OIG ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Roe v Wade ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
On February 24, 2023, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued two proposed rules (the Telemedicine Controlled Substance Proposed Rule and the Telemedicine Buprenorphine Proposed Rule) that would establish...more
On December 23, 2022, US Congress approved a year-end omnibus legislative package, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 2023), which consists of all 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills and numerous other...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant enforcement activity between July 21 and August 20, 2022. Key updates include a case in which the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more
9/1/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Payment Systems ,
Section 1557 ,
Skilled Nursing Facility