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HIPAA Breach Notice Can Be Delegated to Change Healthcare

After months of uncertainty and multiple letters from industry associations advocating on behalf of the healthcare industry with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), covered...more

What HIPAA Security Rule Surprises Await Healthcare Providers for the Second Half of 2024?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has, as part of its mandate, the responsibility to enforce the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule....more

Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Rule Brings New Requirements for All Providers

In the midst of an industry reeling from the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a series of final rules requiring...more

Florida Legislation Will Increase Background Screening for Healthcare Professionals

House Bill 975, if signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, will have a significant impact on the Florida criminal background screening requirements for healthcare professionals and facilities. Currently, only certain healthcare...more

HHS Proposes Information Blocking Disincentives for Healthcare Providers

Two divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) – released the "21st Century Cures Act:...more

Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations [Audio]

In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, healthcare attorneys Mia McKown, Eddie Williams and Shannon Hartsfield discuss how privacy violations can put a healthcare practitioner's license at risk....more

Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams [Audio]

In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, healthcare attorney Eddie Williams joins to discuss the dissemination of electronic health information and provisions regarding information blocking. He...more

Podcast: Keeping an Eye on HIPAA Trends with Shannon Hartsfield [Audio]

In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, healthcare attorney Shannon Hartsfield joins to discuss recent enforcement trends with regard to protected health information and the Health Insurance...more

Information Blocking Enforcement Penalties Begin Sept. 1, 2023

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently posted the final rule establishing civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking (IB Enforcement Rule). The Rule...more

New Legislation Shakes Up the Florida Healthcare Landscape

The 2023 Florida legislative session came to a close on May 5, 2023. The Legislature was very active and passed approximately 200 bills, including several that will impact the healthcare regulatory landscape. Once approved by...more

ONC Proposes Updates to Information Blocking Regulations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on April 11, 2023, released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making called the Health Data,...more

Full Scope of EHI Now Subject to Information Blocking

The full scope of electronic health information (EHI), as defined under the information blocking regulation (Regulation), is now subject to the prohibition against information blocking. Under the Regulation, information...more

EHI Under the Information Blocking Rule Set to Expand

The 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule, codified at 45 CFR Part 171, is intended to enhance access to, exchange or use of electronic health information (EHI), and generally prohibits "actors" from knowingly...more

Medical Records Ownership and the Information Blocking Rules

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

Healthcare Law Update: October 2021

Kathryn Isted In Harbor Healthcare System, L.P. v. United States, 5 F.4th 593 (5th Cir. 2021), the court of appeals ruled that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to exercise its equitable jurisdiction over a...more

House Bill 241 Establishes Parental Rights for Minors' Education, Healthcare, Criminal Justice

Florida House Bill 241, which has been presented to Gov. Ron DeSantis, creates the Parents' Bill of Rights in Chapter 1014, Florida Statutes, under the Florida K-20 Education Code. The bill prohibits the state, its political...more

Healthcare Providers: Prepare Now for New Information Blocking Prohibition

In summer 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule on interoperability, information blocking and patient access to data. The rule implements certain...more

Healthcare Law Update: October 2020

Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule (ONC Rule) addressing interoperability, information blocking and patient access to data. The ONC Rule...more

What Florida Businesses Need to Know about the COVID-19 Response

This Holland & Knight alert aggregates Florida developments and will be updated on a regular basis. Please note that the situation surrounding COVID-19 is evolving and that the subject matter discussed in these publications...more

CMS Suspends Nonemergency Surveys of Healthcare Facilities

In response to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memorandum to State Survey Agencies and Accrediting Organizations, suspending all...more

Healthcare Law Update: February 2020

Neurosurgeons' Compensation in Top 10 Percent Nationwide Gives Rise to Stark Act and FCA Claims - In United States ex re. Bookwalter v. UPMC, 946 F. 3d 162 (3d Cir. 2019), the court ruled that the relators stated a Stark...more

Pending Bills May Transform Florida Healthcare Landscape

With the start of the 2019 Florida Legislative Session, several proposed bills could have significant impact on the healthcare landscape in the state. The following are brief highlights of some of the bills that have been...more

Public Information is Still Protected by HIPAA

Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C., entered into a Resolution Agreement and agreed to pay $125,000 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS) in order to settle certain Health...more

Emergency Rule for Equipment Used to Generate Electric Energy Renewed

On Nov. 16, 2018, the Florida Department of Revenue renewed Emergency Rule 12AER18-02, which implemented Section 56, Chapter 2018-118, Laws of Florida, providing for a sales tax exemption for equipment purchased to generate...more

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