-
Jan 3, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Sydney Swanson
For the first time in 11 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updating the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
-
Nov 22, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | B. Scott McBride |Sydney Swanson |Howard Young
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted on October 25, 2023 Advisory Opinion No. 23-08, in which OIG rejected a proposed arrangement from a cochlear implant device manufacturer (the requestor) that would provide a free hearing aid to certain qualified patients who received a cochlear implant.
-
Oct 25, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | Howard Young |B. Scott McBride |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted on October 25, 2023 Advisory Opinion No. 23-08, in which OIG rejected a proposed arrangement from a cochlear implant device manufacturer (the requestor) that would provide a free hearing aid to certain qualified patients who received a cochlear implant.
-
Sep 6, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement agreement on June 15, 2023 with not-for-profit community hospital Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima) related to Yakima employees’ snooping in medical records that resulted in the breach of protected health information (PHI).
-
Sep 5, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement agreement on June 15, 2023 with not-for-profit community hospital Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima) related to Yakima employees’ snooping in medical records that resulted in the breach of protected health information (PHI).
-
Sep 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement agreement on June 15, 2023 with not-for-profit community hospital Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima) related to Yakima employees’ snooping in medical records that resulted in the breach of protected health information (PHI).
-
Aug 3, 2023 | 
winonadailynews.com | Sydney Swanson
Be the first to knowGet local news delivered to your inbox!
-
May 10, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Etzel |Sydney Swanson
The impending end of the COVID-19 national and public health emergency will present a complicated landscape to navigate for hospital systems, which look to minimize the impact of the transition to post-pandemic normality. The White House announced on January 23 that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) will simultaneously end on May 11, 2023.
-
May 10, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | Gregory Etzel |Sydney Swanson
The impending end of the COVID-19 national and public health emergency will present a complicated landscape to navigate for hospital systems, which look to minimize the impact of the transition to post-pandemic normality. The White House announced on January 23 that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) will simultaneously end on May 11, 2023.
-
May 10, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Scott Memmott |Howard Young |Jacob Harper |Michele L. Buenafe |Gregory Etzel |Dennis Gucciardo | +12 more
The Biden administration announced on January 30, 2023 that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would officially end on May 11, 2023. The PHE declaration, which first was issued by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, and subsequently renewed several times, provided the basis for numerous flexibilities upon which the healthcare and life sciences industries have relied to furnish patient care during the pandemic.
