The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)—recently published a...more
Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 262 and Senate Bill 264 into law. These new laws grant Floridians greater control over their personal data and establish a new standard for data handling and...more
7/6/2023
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Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Florida ,
New Legislation ,
Offshoring ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Software ,
State Bans
As employers continue their efforts to safely bring employees back to the workplace, many have moved beyond initial pre-entry wellness checks or questionnaires and are considering technology solutions that monitor social...more
While providers struggle to provide health care to their patients amid the coronavirus contagion concerns, recent regulatory and reimbursement changes will help ease the path to the provision of healthcare via telehealth....more
3/20/2020
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
On November 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule titled “Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses” (“Proposed Rule”)....more
12/6/2018
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comment Period ,
Drug Pricing ,
Gag Clauses ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part D ,
Out-of-Pocket Expenses ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized proposals to pay separately for a newly defined type of physicians’ service furnished using communication technology: the “virtual check-in”...more