On February 21, the FDA announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide has appeared on the FDA’s Drug Shortage
Continue Reading End of Semaglutide Shortage Means Big Changes for Prescribers and Compounders
E.J. Cyran, Partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, recently guested on PracticeCare®, a podcast devoted to help private practice owners stay private. The topic of the episode was identifying and
Continue Reading How Private Practices Can Avoid Landmines in Vendor Agreements
Beginning on January 1, 2025, employment-based non-compete covenants will be unenforceable against physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (each, a “practitioner”) in Pennsylvania, unless
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Limits Non-Competes for Most Health Care Practitioners and Requires Patient Disclosure Upon Departure
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its 2023 Annual Report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which notes the CFPB’s activities and observations related to
Continue Reading The CFPB’s Continued Spotlight on Medical Debt Emphasizes the Importance of Proper Provider Billing
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kicked off a rulemaking process that, if enacted, would reshape the credit reporting and debt collection landscape and could have a detrimental
Continue Reading The CFPB Considers Rules to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports: What does this Mean for Medical and Dental Providers?
Federal regulators are focusing in on medical credit cards and financing plans and the roles that healthcare providers have in facilitating them. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is a
Continue Reading The CFPB’s Latest Report on Medical Credit Cards Addresses Misleading Activity by Providers.This blog post was first published on the Fox HIPAA & Health Information Technology Blog. It covers a critical new rule proposed by the Office For Civil Rights to close
Continue Reading Are We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just AheadOn December 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Bulletin warning HIPAA covered entities and business associates about the use
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When hiring an associate dentist, it is critical for a dental practice to have a strong and clear employment agreement.
While practices often understand the importance of engaging a lawyer
Continue Reading Should a Practice Engage a Dental Lawyer to Negotiate an Associate Employment Agreement?
The federal No Surprises Act is now in effect, and it is changing how medical practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospitals interact with patients and health insurers. See our initial
Continue Reading The No Surprises Act is Here: How do Practices Comply? (Part I)