Physicians and medical practices who merge their practices, sell, or acquire a medical practice need to notify their clients about the transaction so they can make informed decisions about their [...]
Pharmacies should consult with experienced healthcare lawyers to understand what conduct may qualify as a HIPAA violation, the penalties for violations, and to get answers to HIPAA compliance [...]
Durable medical equipment companies need to review the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, HIPAA, CMS requirements, and other federal and state requirements before marketing their business.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies must navigate complex FDA regulations, HIPAA compliance, and state laws to avoid enforcement actions. Learn how to structure your business legally, [...]
Pharmacies should consult with experienced healthcare lawyers to understand what conduct may qualify as a HIPAA violation, the penalties for violations, and to get answers to HIPAA compliance [...]
Physicians and medical practices should review the HIPAA rules, FTC requirements, and local medical rules before posting any patient photographs on social media accounts. The civil fines for [...]
ChatGPT will help doctors and medical practices keep better records, review medications, track diseases, and monitor patients. Healthcare providers need to understand the legal rules that govern [...]
New medical imaging software benefits many different types of health practices. Key compliance issues include HIPAA and FDA oversight.
Immunotherapy drugs are showing promise for treating cancer. Manufacturers of these therapies and doctors must understand the FDA, HIPAA, and other compliance requirements.
Integrative cardiology practitioners, doctors and non-physicians, need to review their working relationship for violations of state licensing laws, HIPAA, self-referral laws, and other legal [...]
There are several federal and state laws that are designed to protect patient medical information. Violations of these laws can result in substantial fines and penalties.
The US Department of Health and Human Services provides questions and answers to the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s Right of Access. These FAQs directly affect healthcare practices
The HHS Office of Civil Rights has guidance on how and when covered entities should respond to a right of access request for the personal health information of a patient.
The Food and Drug Administration issues a press release that said, even though the pandemic is severe, patients should receive the mRNA vaccines in two properly timed doses.
Doctors, medical practices, and health businesses in California need to be aware of the relevant federal and state laws that regulate their practice and industry – including those on the CHHS website.
The Department of Health and Human Services has created a list of frequently asked questions and answers about using telehealth during the COVID-19 emergency
The OCR of the DHHS announced a new online decision tool to help HIPAA covered entities understand protected health information compliance during the COVID-19 emergency
Is HIPAA compliance a mystery to you? What do you have to do for HIPAA, and when?
When leaving a medical practice, can you take patient records?
Healthcare bonuses raise fee-splitting and anti-kickback issues; is there a workaround?
Is your data safe? Healthcare hacks and data breaches increasing, even as HIPAA compliance grows. HIPAA training, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA manuals, HIPAA policies & procedures, HIPAA forms matter [...]
Expect to see more and more compliance enforcement actions against physician practices - and also more physician awareness of how they can pro-actively manage liability and follow legal [...]
Whether HIPAA applies to acupuncturists who share a medical record, is one of those arcane questions our healthcare lawyers get. The answer isn't all that easy to obtain. Like many healthcare & [...]
HIPAA sounds like "hippo" for a reason: it's big, clunky, noisy, and unwieldy. Can, and should, a small physician practice implement HIPAA practices? HIPAA Is it worth the effort?
Even if HIPAA doesn't technically apply to your wearable tech venture, mobile medical app, or telemedicine project, state laws have mirror privacy and security provisions with which your company [...]
Making HIPAA compliance easy is like trying to catch a firefly in your hand. I'm also reminded of those really short video summaries of A Game of Thrones where you get a plot twist a second, and [...]
With 2015 right around the corner, here are 5 legal and regulatory issues that integrative health practitioners need to know.
The AMA now supports telemedicine, but insists on "safeguards" to help ensure the best patient care. While the AMA Policy on Telemedicine does not focus on legal issues, the telemedicine policy [...]
Healthcare and FDA lawyer Michael H. Cohen spoke on "Ancient Wisdom & Modern Technology" on ExitCoach Radio. Today, there are many healthcare and wellness related businesses popping up
American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown, M.D., founder and CEO of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, coined this phrase at the American Telemedicine Association annual meeting.
Michael H Cohen joins the advisory Board of the Information System Security Association – Los Angeles Chapter – bringing expertise in HIPAA / patient privacy, confidentiality and security.
The FTC put out a press release on a settlement regarding data breaches on mobile smartphones and cellphones.
The HIPAA Omnibus rule makes a number of additional important changes to breach analysis in case of a breach of unsecured PHI.
The HIPAA / HITECH Privacy Rule has been changed.Under the Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for [...]
The Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic [...]
The Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic [...]
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