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 AgreementsOn April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new reproductive healthcare rules, which will go into effect on December 23, 2024. The underlying
Continue Reading Compliance with HIPAA’s New Protections for Reproductive Health Privacy: What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Know NowDisregard your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act obligations at your own risk.
That’s the stark warning covered entities and business associates should take away from a recent settlement entered
Continue Reading L.A. Care to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement Over HIPAA Violations: What You Need to KnowIf you are involved with any health information, even if you are not covered by HIPAA, you should be aware of the government’s recent position that there may be serious
Continue Reading FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning LetterBrightree by ResMed (“Brightree”), a cloud-based management software platform for healthcare providers, has conducted its biannual interoperability survey, and issued its corresponding biannual Interoperability and Engagement Research Report. Most notably
Continue Reading Brightree and MatrixCare Support InteroperabilityOn 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
Continue Reading OCR Warns Covered Entities and Business Associates about Tracking Technology
By Elizabeth Litten and Odia Kagan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on June 29 discussing privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Continue Reading HHS Issues Guidance in Light of Dobbs DecisionThis post is a courtesy of Fox Rothschild attorney Nathanael F. Williams, Esq., and was first published as an Alert on Fox’s website.
Health care providers should take special
Continue Reading Holiday Weekends Offer No Time Off From Cyber Threats
On October 2, 2020, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Alex M. Azar II, announced the renewal of the public health emergency declaration due to the continued consequences of the
Continue Reading HHS Extends COVID-19 Related Public Health Emergency through January 20, 2021
Medical record requests by payors are commonplace for health care providers. Typically, these requests are received by a front desk employee who responds to the inquiry in short order. Yet,
Continue Reading THE ABC’S OF THE S.I.U.: What Providers Need to Know