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Hospitals slammed for ventures that exploit patients and violate their privacy

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Big hospitals can’t exploit patients and violate their privacy by throwing open their facilities to Hollywood for television shows that plump institutions’ reputations. And academic medical centers need to think twice before...more

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act in the Healthcare Industry

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As healthcare companies increasingly rely on mobile delivery platforms and other technologies to communicate with patients about appointments, billing and other issues related to their healthcare management, the potential for...more

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TCPA Class Action Tossed out After Hospital Provides Records Indicating Consent

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Central Florida Regional Hospital (the Hospital) was released from a proposed class action last week for its alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Hospital’s debt collector, Transworld...more

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms "Prior Express Consent" in Health Care Collections Case

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Baisden v. Credit Adjustments, Inc., No. 15-3411, 2016 WL 561735 (6th Cir. Feb. 12, 2016) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that two hospital patients consented to a debt collection agency's...more

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Debt Collector for Affiliated Physician Group Can Rely on Patient Contact Consent Obtained by Hospital

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Careful drafting of consent and information release provisions can ensure that providers and affiliated physicians and their debt collectors can contact patient cell phones using automatic telephone dialing systems or...more

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Avoiding the Costly “Robo No-No”

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) was enacted to protect consumers from intrusive robocalls, but Congress probably did not foresee that it would result in a windfall for plaintiff’s lawyers. Virtually every...more

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Health Care Entities Get Clarity from FCC on Telephone Communications

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The health care industry is in the midst of rapid change as governments fight rising health care costs, providers look to comply with myriad new regulations, and technology continues to take a more prominent role in the...more

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TCPA Connect - October 2014

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9th Circuit Affirms Vicarious Liability–for Anybody–Under TCPA - In a blow to Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendants, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a defendant may be liable for...more

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