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[Event] June Bridge Series - June 6th, Cincinnati, OH

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Join us for the Good News in June as we showcase the extraordinary leadership and achievements of some of Greater Cincinnati's top healthcare and wellness visionaries. This unique gathering aims to highlight the positive...more

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act Comes Into Force - What You Need to Know, and Do

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On March 31, 2024, the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), a comprehensive consumer health privacy law, will come into force. Small businesses – defined as those processing consumer health data of fewer than 100,000...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wellness Apps and Privacy

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Employers looking to enhance their suite of employee benefit programs, and focused on lessons learned during the pandemic on wellbeing, are interested in providing greater access to wellness tools. And, the vendors who...more

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New Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor Aim to Combat Physician Burnout

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Health care professionals have faced increasing burnout and mental health issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to address these rising issues, Congress passed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Congress Adds AKS and Stark Law Exceptions for Certain Wellness Programs

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA), Congress passed new exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) allowing certain healthcare entities to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Seeks to Clarify Health Breach Notification Rule's Broad Applicability to Unauthorized App Disclosures

The FTC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to introduce changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). While the HBNR began as a breach notification rule seemingly focused on a narrow set of applications...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HHS-OIG Year in Review - 2022

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to offer valuable insights to the healthcare industry as to how best to approach increasingly complex healthcare fraud...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 97: Ashley Shaw, Executive Clinical Director, 3C Wellness

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On Episode 97 of Taking the Pulse Ashley Shaw, Executive Clinical Director of 3C Wellness, tells us about her work making mental health care more accessible and approachable for her clients. Tune in with hosts Heather...more

Fisher Phillips

Group Health Plan Sponsors Receive Welcome Guidance On COVID-19 Testing Coverage Provisions

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A second round of FAQs recently issued by the Labor Department, the IRS, and the Department of Health and Human Services provides plan sponsors and insurers with additional implementation guidance relating to health coverage...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Fraud and Abuse Trends: Critical Issues for Health Plans - October 17th, 1:00 pm ET

In FY 2018, the federal government won or negotiated more than $2.3 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements. During that same period, investigations conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’...more

Burr & Forman

A Taxonomy of Health Wellness Programs – Part II

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A health wellness program is broadly defined as any program of health promotion or disease prevention. My recent article entitled “Taxonomy of Health Wellness Programs – Part I” reviewed the classification of health wellness...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 13

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McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 13 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. - Failure to Update Business Associate Agreement Results in...more

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New ADA and GINA Wellness Regulation Changes Complicate Wellness Program Compliance Analysis and Risks

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Wellness programs should all be reviewed considering the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) regulatory changes because noncompliance with the new requirements do...more

Alston & Bird

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 29, 2016, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule entitled, “Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Mental Health Parity and...more

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New Affordable Care Act FAQs Issued

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On October 23, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) jointly issued answers to frequently asked questions regarding the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Highlights from the Tenth CEO/Innovators Roundtable: June 4 – 5, 2015

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This past June, leaders from health systems, outpatient services companies, health insurers, IT and equipment suppliers, health retailers, home care providers, pharmaceutical companies, and investors gathered in Chicago for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - December 2014

In This Issue: - Supreme Court Rejects Security Screening Time Pay - NLRB Finalizes Union Election Rule - NLRB Reverses Employers’ Ability To Ban Employee Nonwork Email Use - EEOC Challenges Employer...more

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