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May 22, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nathaniel Arden
Skip to main content May 22, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 143 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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May 20, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nathaniel Arden
On May 9, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 24-6, “An Act Concerning the Reporting of Medical Debt,” (The Act). The Act prohibits health care providers from reporting medical debt to credit rating agencies and makes various updates to existing laws regarding the reporting of medical debt already applicable to hospitals and collection agents.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nathaniel Arden
On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its guidance on the “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” (Guidance). OCR’s Guidance was first published on December 1, 2022, and is the subject of a lawsuit brought by the American Hospitals Association challenging OCR’s authority to issue it.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nathaniel Arden
On February 8, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a quality standard memorandum (QSO Memo) updating and revising a memorandum it issued on January 5, 2018, to now permit the texting of patient orders among members of the patient’s health care team.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Nathaniel Arden
On February 8, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a quality standard memorandum (QSO Memo) updating and revising a memorandum it issued on January 5, 2018, to now permit the texting of patient orders among members of the patient’s health care team.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Nathaniel Arden
On December 13, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued its final rule entitled “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing” and known as “HTI-1” (Final Rule). Among other issues addressed in the Final Rule, ONC revised the information blocking rules to add clarity and to create a new information blocking exception. We outline these changes in further detail below.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Zijian Han |Giovanni Campi |Nathaniel Arden |Michael Levine
On December 12, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced that it is producing an online resource relating to employment practices and data protection. The ICO also announced that it would be releasing draft guidance on the different topic areas to be included in the resource in stages, and adding to it over time. The ICO provided draft guidance on “Keeping employment records” and “Recruitment and selection” for consultation.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Zijian Han |Giovanni Campi |Nathaniel Arden
Skip to main content December 14, 2023 Volume XIII, Number 348 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Giovanni Campi |Nathaniel Arden |Jack Blum |Caitlyn Stollings
INTRODUCTIONThe Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D or Directive) is a mandatory framework of rules for companies that operate in the European Union (EU) and exceed certain revenue and employee thresholds. The Directive will govern how businesses approach and remedy their harmful impacts on the environment and on human rights across their value chains (i.e. their “negative externalities”).
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Nathaniel Arden
On December 13, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued its final rule entitled “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing” and known as “HTI-1” (Final Rule). Among other issues addressed in the Final Rule, ONC revised the information blocking rules to add clarity and to create a new information blocking exception. We outline these changes in further detail below.
