The recently unveiled California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework (the Framework) creates a new regulatory and governance structure to promote the exchange of health information between health care providers...more
9/9/2022
/ California ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Governance Standards ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medi-Cal ,
PHI ,
Physicians ,
Policies and Procedures
Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020.
The Order temporarily expands the...more
4/14/2020
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Emergency Response ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Public Health ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Waivers
A software developer of an electronic health records system utilizing AI is the recent target in a DOJ fraud investigation.
On January 27, 2020, the DOJ announced that Practice Fusion, Inc. entered into a deferred...more
2/5/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Treatment ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Failure to Comply ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Software Developers