Welcome to the seventh issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 383 into law, placing new restrictions on pharmacy benefit...more
7/1/2025
/ Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Healthcare ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
New Legislation ,
OIG ,
Pharmacies ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order to vacate a large portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive...more
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a series of rules relating to the telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances, including a proposed...more
On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). ...more
1/8/2025
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Encryption ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Security and Privacy Controls
On June 20, 2024, a Texas federal judge ruled that guidance published by the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) prohibiting covered entities from disclosing information collected by third-party...more
6/28/2024
/ Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Guidance Update ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) revised its controversial December 2022 bulletin (the December 2022 Bulletin) regarding the use of tracking technologies by...more
3/28/2024
/ Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Guidance Update ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
On February 2, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule that expands access to medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) via telehealth modalities and “take-home” doses....more
3/1/2024
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opioid ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), many federal telehealth rules were made flexible to accommodate the need for continued access to healthcare, including prescribing controlled substances without an in-person...more