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HIPAA Regulations & Business Associate Agreements In The Age Of Digital Collaboration

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The healthcare industry has come up against unprecedented pressure in recent years. Digital transformation has had a significant role to play when it comes to creating the efficiency needed to deal with the challenges of a...more

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FTC’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Now in Effect

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The revamped Health Breach Notification Rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took effect on July 29, 2024, expanding consumer privacy protections to the users of online health platforms and health and wellness apps. Our...more

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Digital Health 101: OCR Issues Resources to Educate Patients on Telehealth, PHI

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On October 18, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two resource documents to help explain the privacy and security risks to patients’ protected health...more

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FTC Proposes to Vastly Expand the Health Breach Notification Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently proposed changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (Rule), enacted in 2009, to clarify that the Rule applies directly to an estimated 170,000 health and wellness mobile...more

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New Legislation Aims to Upgrade HIPAA to Account for New Healthcare Technologies

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On February 9, 2022, US Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation designed to modernize health privacy laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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Increases in Telemedicine and Use of Digital Health Create Both Flexibility and Compliance Headaches

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The explosion of telemedicine and telehealth, or virtual patient care and monitoring, presents many opportunities for enhanced, more streamlined care. But it also threatens to outpace laws regarding the delivery of care, as...more

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Health Care Triage: FTC Reminds Vendors of Personal Health Records of Breach Rule Obligations

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In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer interviews Gina Bertolini and Desiree Moore about the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy statement regarding the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule and its applicability to vendors...more

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[Webinar] Protecting the Telehealth Consumer: FTC and State-Based Considerations - June 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is easing, telemedicine is facing an important crossroads. While telehealth services have demonstrated their value as an integral part of care delivery, federal and state waivers...more

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Health Datapalooza - February 2020

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Partner Reece Hirsch recently attended and spoke at the 2020 Health Datapalooza held in Washington, DC. This year, Health Datapalooza was co-located with the National Health Policy Conference, providing attendees with an...more

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Digital Health Report: Fall 2019

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Beware of “Most Favored Nations” Clauses in Commercial Contracts - Imagine that your digital health company has developed a groundbreaking product. You are eager to monetize the product, so you sign non-disclosure...more

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