As we reflect on the flurry of activity in the health care data privacy and security space in 2023 and look ahead to what will continue to be a busy 2024, we are seeing the early stages of federal agency movement to align the...more
1/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Mental Health ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Request For Information ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Transparency
On October 10, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published another temporary rule extending the COVID-era telemedicine flexibilities that allow physicians and other prescribers to prescribe controlled substances...more
10/25/2023
/ Controlled Substances ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Mental Health ,
Patients ,
Pharmacies ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Ryan Haight Act ,
Shareholders ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), which was originally declared nearly three years ago, has been renewed through April 2023. As we’ve previously covered, the PHE allowed federal and state regulators to relax certain...more
1/12/2023
/ American Hospital Association ,
American Telemedicine Association ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Hospice ,
Medicare Beneficiaries ,
Mental Health ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Ryan Haight Act ,
Telehealth
Last week saw a lot of great news in the world of telehealth. On March 15, President Biden signed into law H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022”, which extends many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities...more
3/23/2022
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
FQHC ,
Joe Biden ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
OIG ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth
As we’ve previously covered, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a major increase in the prevalence of telehealth services, due in large part to regulatory flexibilities at the federal and state levels. Beginning in...more
On April 28, the Massachusetts Public Health Council (“PHC”) approved final proposed amendments to the clinic licensure regulations. The initial revisions presented by the Department of Public Health (the “Department”) in...more
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (“HPC”) held its annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing on October 16-17, 2018. The hearing covered a wide range of topics affecting the health care industry here in the Commonwealth...more
10/25/2018
/ Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Mental Health ,
Opioid ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telemedicine ,
Transparency