On June 9, 2021, OCR distributed an update to those on its Privacy List sharing links to alerts and resources for addressing the growing number and size of ransomware incidents. One such resource included a White House memo...more
6/15/2021
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Texas may be among the first of many states to enact laws that encourage providers to continue electronically communicating with and monitoring their patients after COVID-19 emergency regulations and governors’ orders expire....more
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) will disallow $200 million in federal Medi-Cal funding next...more
Over the last two months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published guidance regarding the enforcement of HIPAA and its privacy and security requirements in response to the COVID-19 public health...more
5/6/2020
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On March 17, 2020, acting under the Coronavirus Preparedness And Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the “Act”) and section 1135(b) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary waived certain telehealth reimbursement...more
On March 6, 2020, President Trump signed H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act) into law (Public Law 116-123). The legislation, which was introduced on March 4 and...more
On January 28, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued an announcement of financial importance to covered entities and business associates that produce copies of medical records to patients and third...more
On Friday afternoon, January 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Violation to the state of California demanding that the state stop imposing...more
1/28/2020
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On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) ruling that OCR properly imposed penalties against The University of...more
Medi-Cal and other California health care providers will soon be required to change their document retention policies and practices for services rendered under programs administered by California’s Department of Health Care...more
As it “rolls out” over time, California’s new “No Surprise” billing law will prohibit certain physicians and other clinicians from billing and collecting more than applicable deductibles and co-paysfrom their patients....more
On April 6, 2017, New Mexico became the 48th state to enact a data breach notification law; the Data Breach Notification Act (the “Act”) will go into effect on June 16, 2017.
The good news for many in the health care...more