Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 3 As the year 2020 began, it would have been difficult for most Americans to imagine how life, as we knew it at that time, would change in the coming months and years....
Read MoreONC Final Rule Information blocking On May 1, 2020, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) released a Final Rule (the “ONC Final...
Read MoreOne year ago, in March of 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) declared that, because of the public health emergency resulting from the number of confirmed cases of 2019 Novel...
Read MoreOn June 19, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule[i] (the “Final Rule”) revising its enforcement of Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).[ii] In this...
Read MoreIn light of the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) released blanket waivers (the “Waivers”) under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act...
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard that every provider’s favorite laws, the Anti-Kickback Statute and its related, strict liability counterpart, the Stark Law (formally known as the Physician Self-Referral Law), are getting a makeover from...
Read MoreOn October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released newly proposed modifications to the safe harbor provisions for the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. Among other proposals, HHS is proposing...
Read MoreWhen healthcare providers are subject to a bad review on Yelp! or similar customer-review websites and apps, it can be difficult to hold back and not provide a response or at least attempt to clarify the situation. However,...
Read MoreIndividuals who use healthcare apps such as fitness trackers, weight loss, wellness, exercise, etc., BEWARE! A couple of recent developments have highlighted the fact that most apps are not subject to HIPAA, which means that...
Read MoreBy Rose Willis A U.S. government interagency report indicates that there has been a 300 percent increase in the daily ransomware attacks in 2016 as compared to 2015. Ransomware is malicious software that, when introduced into a...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen This is the second part in a two-part series about the HHS’s proposed anti-discrimination regulationsGender Identity.Another area addressed in the regulations is “gender identity,” which refers to an...
Read MoreBy Keith C. Dennen This is the first part in a two-part series about the HHS’s proposed anti-discrimination regulations.In September, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed anti-discrimination...
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