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Let’s Get Physical - OCR Issues Reminder that HIPAA Security Isn’t Just Technical

BakerHostetler on 9/6/2024

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

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2024 #3

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/5/2024

News Briefs - Joint Employer Rule Withdrawn by National Labor Relations Board - The National Labor Relations Board withdrew its appeal of a district court ruling that enjoined its "joint employer" final rule....more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2024 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 7/12/2024

News Briefs - Texas Federal Court Ruling Puts Noncompete Ban on Hold - A Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban, which if implemented would allow existing...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #4

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 7/1/2024

News Briefs - Survey Finds Decline in Telehealth Use Across Most Groups in 2022 - The percentage of adults who used telehealth in the past year dropped from 37 percent in 2021 to 30.1 percent in 2022, with declines observed...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #2

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/25/2024

News Briefs - Lawmakers Boosting Investigation of P.E. Role in Healthcare - Influential U.S. Senators are the latest to launch investigations into private equity's increasing role in owning and operating everything from...more

Medical Records Scams: What You Need to Know

Baker Donelson on 6/24/2024

In today's digital age, the health care industry faces a growing threat from scammers who don't have to use sophisticated cyberattacks; they can use the most routine task to steal information from unwitting and...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/18/2024

News Briefs - Hospital Lobbies Join Attempt to Delay Noncompete Ban -Hospital lobbies have signed on to a multisector letter of 230 industry associations and chambers of commerce urging the Federal Trade Commission to bump...more

Ransomware Increasingly Targets Medical Providers

Sands Anderson PC on 5/29/2024

Ransomware continues to make headlines in the data security world, and with good reason. A report issued earlier this year by the Director of National Intelligence highlighted the continued surge in ransomware attacks in the...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #3

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 5/21/2024

News Briefs - Lawmakers Mull Lifting Restrictions on Physician-Owned Hospitals - Nearly 15 years ago, the construction of doctor-owned hospitals largely ground to a halt. But federal lawmakers now are considering bills that...more

UHG’s Breach Response May Prove Enlightening for Others

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/13/2024

Organizations typically deal with ransomware attacks out of the public eye, but the massive scale of United Healthcare Group’s (UHG) February breach made that an impossibility. UHG CEO Andrew Witty was recently on the hot...more

Health Care Entities Continue to Get Pummeled by Cybersecurity Attacks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/10/2024

The newest health care entity to be hit by a cyberattack is Ascension Health, which operates 140 hospitals and 40 assisted living facilities in 19 states. Ascension confirmed that it has been hit by a cybersecurity attack and...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 5/6/2024

News Briefs - Hospitals, Physicians at Odds Over FTC Noncompete Ban - The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompetes nationwide has implications for hospitals and physician practices, with representatives from...more

The 113th Tennessee General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die – Highlighted Overview

Baker Donelson on 4/29/2024

The 113th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned sine die on April 25, 2024. The session was dominated by debate over the size and scope of the $1.6 billion legislative fix to the state franchise tax that naturally dashed plans...more

Managing the Impacts of the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 4/26/2024

UnitedHealth Group (“UHC”) announced on April 22, 2024, that it had paid a ransom to protect patient data potentially acquired in a late February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare (“CHC”). In its announcement,...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #4

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/26/2024

News Briefs - Medicare Proposal Would Require Hospitals to Report Emissions - Hospitals for the first time could be asked to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the federal health department. A new Medicare proposal to...more

Hackers Increasingly Leveraging Threats to Patients to Pressure Health Organizations to Pay Ransom

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/22/2024

Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/22/2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #2

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/15/2024

News Briefs - Telehealth Access Challenged as Internet Subsidy Program Ends - More than 23 million low-income households -- urban, suburban, rural, and tribal -- are enrolled in the federal discount program Congress created...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2024 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/5/2024

News Briefs - More Nonprofit Hospitals Adding Concierge Physician Practices - Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2024 #4

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/2/2024

News Briefs - Lawmaker Introduces Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act - Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, which would allow for advance and accelerated...more

HHS Announces Medicaid and Medicare Flexibilities, Investigations post-Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/27/2024

Since becoming aware of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a number of flexibilities to support affected providers that have experienced...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2024 #3

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 3/26/2024

News Briefs - New HHS Task Force Aims to Oversee AI in Healthcare - Details are emerging on a new HHS task force faced with a monumental task: creating a regulatory structure to oversee utilization of artificial intelligence...more

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2024 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 3/13/2024

News Briefs - Massive Cyberattack Could Spur Movement in Healthcare Industry - As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say the incident could spur...more

Privacy Briefs: March 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/12/2024

Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more

[Event] 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 2nd - 3rd, Chicago, IL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 3/4/2024

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more

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