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Jul 29, 2024 | 
morganlewis.com | W. Reece Hirsch
Partner Reece Hirsch comments on the security design review process in Report on Medicare Compliance, noting that covered entities aren’t required to actively monitor their business associates (Bas) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. According to Reece, it’s good enough to get assurances from the BA in the form of a business associate agreement (BAA) that promises the BA will abide by privacy, security and breach notification requirements.
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May 31, 2024 | 
morganlewis.com | Sarah Bouchard |Christina A. MacDougall |W. Reece Hirsch
In May, we recognize Mental Health Awareness Month and celebrate the Institute for Well-Being in Law’s (IWIL’s) annual Well-Being Week in Law. Both campaigns aim to raise awareness about mental health, with the latter encouraging action and innovation across the legal industry to improve well-being all year round.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
morganlewis.com | W. Reece Hirsch
Partner Reece Hirsch was quoted extensively in a Report on Medicare Compliance article regarding a final Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rule on reproductive health care privacy. The rule requires covered entities (e.g., hospitals and physicians) to update their notice of privacy practices to include the prohibition, said Reece Hirsch.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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.
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Apr 25, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jacob Harper |W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health emergency (PHE), the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued four Notifications of Enforcement Discretion (referred to as “waivers”) designed to offer flexibility to healthcare providers battling the virus. On April 11, the OCR announced that these waivers will officially expire on May 11, 2023, in conjunction with the end of the PHE.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by entities operating as covered entities and business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The guidance is relevant to all HIPAA-regulated entities that maintain websites and mobile apps.
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Apr 3, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | W. Reece Hirsch |Sydney Swanson
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by entities operating as covered entities and business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The guidance is relevant to all HIPAA-regulated entities that maintain websites and mobile apps.
