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Fast Five: Important Law and Policy Updates for US Health Care

WEBWith the end of the first quarter of 2024, we highlight five developments, changes, or challenges that health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician …

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Managing the Impacts of the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

WEBUnitedHealth Group (“UHC”) announced on April 22, 2024, that it had paid a ransom to protect patient data potentially acquired in a late February cyberattack on its …

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CMMI’s Innovations in Behavioral Health: Promoting Physical and …

WEBOn January 18, 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced …

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ONC Shares Draft Federal Health IT Strategic Plan—A Catalyst for

WEBIn March 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services—through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)—released a draft 2024-2030 …

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HIPAA Privacy Protections for PHI related to Reproductive Health …

WEBEarlier this week, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Final Rule aimed at protecting protected health information …

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HHS Warns Health Care Sector of AI-Driven Phishing, Social …

WEBThe Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a health sector alert through the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3). HC3 …

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Appeals Court Revives AGG Class Action Against UnitedHealth …

WEBThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on April 11, 2024, that AGG’s class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries …

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Trending in Telehealth: April 9 – April 15, 2024 JD Supra

WEBTrending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, …

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ICO Publishes New Transparency Guidance for Health and Social …

WEBHealthcare sector organisations are increasingly deploying new technologies that use large amounts of personal information to support both direct care and …

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Hackers Increasingly Leveraging Threats to Patients to Pressure …

WEBCyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, …

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter

WEBThis issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for March 2024. We summarize a US Court of Appeals for the Second …

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California’s AB 3129: A New Hurdle for Private Equity Health Care

WEBParties involved in or considering health care transactions in California have been focused on navigating the new rules set by California’s Office of Health Care …

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Massachusetts Department of Public Health Announces New …

WEBAt the March 13, 2024 Public Health Council meeting, the Department of Public Health’s inaugural Assistant Commissioner for Health Equity, Dr. Hafsatou Diop, …

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Ten of the Largest Medical Malpractice Verdicts of 2022

WEBMercy Hospital. The largest medical malpractice verdict in Iowa history was handed down in this birth injury case. Approximately $42.2 million of the $97.4 million …

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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Data Breach Affects 13.4 Million

WEBOn April 12, 2024, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Kaiser”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil …

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RxDC Reporting in Light of June 1, 2024 Deadline and Recent PBM

WEBUnder the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (“CAA”), employer-sponsored group health plans, including medical-only plans, must submit information …

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Maryland Extends Reach of the FTC’s Proposed Non-Compete Ban …

WEBPreviously decided court cases and FTC advisory opinions were reviewed to provide useful guidance in addressing the impact of the Proposed Rule on non-profit …

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HHS final rule requires HIPAA compliance changes for …

WEBProhibits Certain Disclosures of Reproductive Health Care Information to Law Enforcement. The final rule prohibits the use or disclosure of PHI to support the …

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Public Portal to Promote Healthy Competition JD Supra

WEBOn Thursday, April 18, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) …

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The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to …

WEBThe upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process

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DOJ Releases 2024 COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Report

WEBOn April 9, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (“Task Force”), by far DOJ’s …

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An Employer’s Week-by-Week Guide to Mental Health Awareness …

WEBMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, which creates an opportunity to reflect on the well-being of your workforce. Recent statistics reveal that employees …

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The Manifest Justice of the Manifest Injustice Doctrine: The Time …

WEBIn Oberhand,[1] the New Jersey Supreme Court infused new vitality into the manifest injustice doctrine. The question remains, however, as to whether manifest …

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