Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
HIPPA: Privacy & Security and Potential Rule Changes
Compliance Perspectives: Privacy Investigations in a Virtual World
Tech Podcast: Interview With Innovative Health Care Tech Company Rymedi
Effectively Marketing Your Medical and Dental Practice While Staying Legally Compliant
Compliance Perspectives: The Ethics of Data
Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy
Protecting Patient Medical Records
Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part One
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
HHS Releases Cybersecurity Guide - On March 8, 2023 the Department of Health and Human Services released a cybersecurity implementation guide for the health care industry—the HPH Sector Cybersecurity Framework...more
Telehealth has been around for decades, but restrictive reimbursement rules kept it out of widespread use for many treatment needs. Then along came the COVID-19 pandemic and everything changed rapidly. Suddenly, due to the...more
On Sept. 30, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services published guidance, “HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccination, and the Workplace,” (the Guidance) that details the ways in which the Health Insurance Portability and...more
Since the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year, we have often fielded questions from business owners as to whether asking customers, clients, and employees about their vaccination status is in violation of...more
In support of the American Telemedicine Association's Telehealth Awareness Week (September 19-25, 2021), Jones Day's Digital Health team shared key insights on various legal topics applicable to telehealth. Jones Day's...more
Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more
On July 29, 2021, Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-38, combining several existing COVID-19 executive orders for the stated purpose of promoting statewide uniformity and certainty in the state's COVID-19...more
Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 4 (April 2021) - A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data breach caused by a ransomware attack originating from Russia exposed the personal information of tens of...more
Privacy continues to be a challenging issue for healthcare providers. Chrissy Kyak, Compliance & Privacy Officer for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and MedStar Health Research...more
“Granny cams” or family-placed electronic monitoring in a nursing facility have become more commonplace. Cameras are easier to obtain and set up and can easily be linked to one or more family member’s cell phones. ...more
Troutman Pepper understands the business of technology. In our practice, we have the privilege to work with some great technology companies, so we created a special client interview series to provide valuable insight to other...more
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis sent letters to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services summarizing initial results of the panel’s investigation into the previous administration’s...more
Hosts Ericka Adler and David Hochman, Roetzel Health Law Attorneys, are joined by J.J. Abbott, owner and creative director at Premiere Creative, for a discussion on the importance of website and web marketing for physicians...more
The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more
It is increasingly important for mobile app developers to ensure their products comply with all governing state and federal laws, and it is critical to understand which business changes might place your product under a...more
Investment Bank Fined $400 Million For Failing to Remediate Deficiencies in its Risk Management Systems - On October 7, the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a consent order...more
Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more
On September 8, 2020, the EEOC released an updated technical assistance document addressing COVID-19 and the federal anti-discrimination laws enforced by the agency, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Our...more
The Pandemic has fast-tracked the use of telehealth services. Hussein Akhavannik discusses how medical device companies are looking to add to or expand remote monitoring capabilities. However, some capabilities raise legal...more
The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued updated guidance on contacting former COVID-19 patients about blood plasma donation in light of the privacy protections...more
On August 24, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued amended guidance on HIPAA compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 12, 2020, OCR issued initial guidance on how the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits covered...more
Employers in the healthcare industry are no strangers to change. After all, you are constantly adapting to cutting-edge medical technologies to improve and expand patient care, reform health inequities, advance care...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 7 (July 2020) - Concerns about hacking and online security have fallen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the actual risks have risen, according to the 2020...more
As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information. Nowhere is this issue more important than in regard to health data, a type of information that can contain...more