At the onset of the pandemic, North Carolina passed a law allowing remote notarization and oaths by live video (e.g., Facetime, WebEx, Zoom). With a built-in sunset of August 1, 2020, the authorization for remote...more
COVID has caused a lot of changes in our everyday lives and is changing the way many of us do business. While many things can be done remotely by telephone or over video-chat, certain tasks are best accomplished in person....more
Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) on the impact of COVID-19 on the legal profession - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will endure long after this crisis has ended. Its impact will alter the way the world does...more
Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), declared a public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic (“Emergency Declaration”) on January 31, 2020. ...more
Key Points - This Katten advisory synthesizes several recent major developments impacting the delivery of telehealth services by health care providers in light of the COVID-19 crisis. We cover - - Key steps taken by the...more
As we noted in our previous Health Law Scan blog CMS Issues Program Instructions for Medicare Telehealth Waiver, CMS issued program instructions on March 17 to implement the Medicare telehealth waiver in response to the...more
As coronavirus sweeps the country, the patient load swamps the ability of health care professionals to deal with the crisis. In the United States, one measure used to expand capacity is telemedicine. Consequently, one concern...more
On March 6, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act). The Act includes a provision allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...more
On March 17, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the enforcement agency for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), published a Notice...more