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Telecommunications Auto-Dialed Calls Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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[Webinar] TCPA Guide for Health Care: Trends, Requirements and Strategies to Mitigate Risk - March 16th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Though its sponsors in 1991 intended it for small claims court, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has turned into high-cost litigation with serious business, and even personal, consequences. The average cost of a...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

July 20, 2023 Effective Date Announced for TCPA Rule Amendments

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The FCC has announced an effective date of July 20, 2023 for rule amendments that affect certain calls to residential numbers that currently are exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) prior express consent...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Recent FCC Orders Implementing the TRACED Act

In 2019, Congress passed the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act—or TRACED Act (Act)—with the goal of complementing the now decades-old Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to stem the tide of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Sets Volume Limits For Some Prerecorded Calls to Home Phones

The FCC recently adopted new rules that will limit the volume of calls that can be made to residential phones under certain TCPA consent exceptions. The new rules affect non-telemarketing calls that use an artificial or...more

Wiley Rein LLP

TCPA Update: FCC Imposes New Call Limits and Opt-Out Requirements

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On December 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order updating a number of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exemptions. The Report and Order codifies exemptions...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling and Order in Anthem, Inc.

On July 25, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Declaratory Ruling and Order in response to a 2015 petition by Anthem, Inc, a provider of health insurance (Anthem). Anthem requested that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Do Routine Calls by Health Plans to Patients and Health Plan Members Constitute “Telemarketing” Under the Telephone Consumer...

Covered entities have a long list of laws and regulations governing their conduct, including their communications with patients, customers, and members. Specifically, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Enough is Enough: Court Dismisses TCPA Class Action Against A Health Plan That Placed Reminder Calls To Its Members That They...

Plaintiffs across the country have continued to file class actions against companies of all stripe for violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), often for communications far afield from the classic...more

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