A key event in Congress affecting health information technology occurred last week when two members of the Senate HELP Committee issued a discussion draft of their bipartisan legislation on health information technology (health IT). This ambitious bill addresses many of the same areas as other recent bills, including information blocking, transparency, a star rating system
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Crowell & Moring’s 2016 Litigation & Regulatory Forecasts: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year
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Posted in Administrative Law, Antitrust, EHR, Health Care Reform & ACA, Health IT, Litigation, Medicaid, Medicare, Tax
Featured Industry: Health Care
Spotlight on Best Practices, Litigation, Antitrust, and Tax for Health Care Companies
Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to release its “2016 Litigation & Regulatory Forecasts: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year.” The reports examine the trends and developments that will impact health care companies and other corporations in the coming year—from the last year of the Obama administration to how corporate litigation strategy is transforming from the inside out. This year will bring remarkable change for companies, as market disruptions and the speed of innovation transform industries like never before, and the litigation and regulatory environments in which they operate are keeping pace.…
HIPAA Guidance on Individuals’ Rights to Access Health Information
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Posted in HIPAA & Privacy
On January 7, 2016, the HHS Office for Civil Rights released guidance on individuals’ right to access health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The guidance clarifies areas of confusion and non-compliance by covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of the proliferation of electronic health records and electronic health information. Areas of emphasis …
HHS-OCR Announces Another HIPAA Security Rule-Related Settlement
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Posted in Health IT, HIPAA & Privacy
Our colleagues at Data Law Insights have written about the HHS Office of Civil Rights’ $750,000 settlement with the University of Washington Medicine (“UWM”) announced this week. This third settlement in as many weeks confirms that the security risk analysis continues to be a linchpin of OCR enforcement under the HIPAA Security Rule. Indeed, the …