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Artificial Intelligence: Is the Health Care Sector Ready for the Rollout?

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On July 17, 2024, Foley & Lardner LLP hosted the Boston Health Care AI & Technology Investor Summit with Endeavor Venture Funds, bringing together hundreds of attendees in person and virtually to discuss issues surrounding...more

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OCR Speaks To HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Privacy, And The Workplace

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When use or disclosure of an individual’s health information or medical records is at issue, the assumption seems to be, much more often than not, that the HIPAA privacy and security rules apply. This has certainly been the...more

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Health Care Triage: OFCCP Enforcement in the Health Care Space

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Health Care partners Sarah Carlins and Jackie Hoffman interview Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety partner Craig Leen in this episode of Triage, recorded in collaboration with our Working Wise podcast. As the former...more

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Oklahoma Voters Pass Broad Medical Marijuana Law With Anti-Discrimination Provisions

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Oklahoma became the 30th state to pass a medical marijuana law after voters approved it on June 26, 2018. The law gives broad discretion to physicians in prescribing medical marijuana, which should make it fairly easy to...more

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Massachusetts Rules Medical Marijuana Use May Be a Reasonable Accommodation Under State’s Handicap Discrimination Statute

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..The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has determined that it may be a reasonable accommodation under the state anti-discrimination law for a handicapped employee to use medical marijuana, if certified by a physician,...more

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Healthcare Legal News: Volume 5, Number 4: HHS’s New Anti-Discrimination Regulation Proposal, Explained

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In September, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed anti-discrimination regulations that, if adopted, change the playing field in which physicians and other healthcare providers practice. These...more

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HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

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On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more

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Transgender Woman Seeks Coverage Under ACA

A transgender woman recently filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois against her primary care physician, as well as the not-for-profit health-care clinic with which her physician is...more

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