As the summer winds down, regulatory updates related to digital health services certainly do not appear to be showing any signs of cooling off. It has been a busy summer, and below we have summarized several key updates for...more
10/2/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Health ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Section 1557 ,
Telehealth ,
Transparency
While most entities that are subject to the HIPAA Security Rule spend considerable time and effort ensuring that they have implemented appropriate administrate and technical safeguards to protect the health information that...more
9/6/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hardware ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Mobile Devices ,
Networks ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Risk Mitigation
Federal and state agencies continue to remain active this year, particularly with regard to laws that impact healthcare technology. As part of our ongoing efforts to track health technology-related legislation and...more
3/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Guidance Update ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Audits ,
Innovative Technology ,
Opioid ,
SAMHSA ,
Telehealth ,
Texting ,
Waivers
October has been a busy month for the OCR, which is tasked with enforcing the regulations issued under HIPAA. In the past week, the OCR released two new guidance documents aimed at reducing the privacy and security risks...more
11/2/2023
/ Business Associates ,
Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Telehealth
On June 27th, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted its final rule (Final Rule), which amends the OIG’s civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulations to implement the...more
6/30/2023
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Information Technology ,
OIG ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Software Developers
On November 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more
12/6/2022
/ Business Associates ,
CARES Act ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Medical Records ,
NPRM ,
OCR ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse
To coincide with the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (CRT)...more
Given what the healthcare industry faced in 2020, the seventh edition of our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, “Disruption and Transformation,” is aptly titled. As if fighting the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t enough...more
7/1/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Right of Access
On January 5, 2021, H.R. 7898 was signed into law with little fanfare, thereby amending the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. As the healthcare industry continues to serve as one of the top...more
On April 9, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notification of Enforcement Discretion, which announced that, retroactive to March 13, OCR will not impose penalties against covered entities or business associates...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) into law. While the focus of the CARES Act has been on direct financial aid to Americans, the Act also...more
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two important bulletins this week regarding the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. ...more
On June 12, 2017 the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled Medicare Paid Hundreds of Millions in Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments That Did Not Comply...more
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently published a contracting Guide to assist healthcare providers when entering into electronic health record (EHR) contracts with EHR...more