We are all aware of the Illinois Immunity Orders put in place to provide protections for health care providers related to care and treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent federal court opinion suggests...more
On April 19, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidelines for health care providers in re-opening to provide non-emergent in-person services. This follows upon on its recommendations issued on...more
During the early weeks of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-n-CoV) outbreak, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recognized that HIPAA-covered entities and business associates had questions about how to share needed PHI relating...more