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Alternative Data

FTC Blog Post Highlights Regulatory Focus on Collection of Location and Health Data View More…

Antitrust

Public Portal to Promote Healthy CompetitionFTC’s One-Two Punch on Data Tracking and Health Privacy View More…

Artificial Intelligence

This New Year, California Imposes Guardrails on the Use of AI by Payors for Utilization Management Determinations View More…

Compensation

New York State to Fund Bonuses for Certain Healthcare Workers as Part of State Budget View More…

COVID-19

President Biden Announces the End of the COVID-19 Emergencies: The Health Care Industry Has Less Than Four Months to PrepareKey Legal Issues Facing Telehealth Platforms, as Compliance Concerns Bubble for Platforms Launched During the Public Health Emergency View More…

Cybersecurity

New HIPAA Requirements Place Additional Privacy Obligations on Covered Entities and Patients in an Effort to Protect Reproductive Health Care InformationCybersecurity a Top Priority – HHS Publishes New Cybersecurity Performance Goals View More…

Digital Health Technology

OIG Issues Final Information Blocking Enforcement Rule and Highlights the Potential for Referrals to the FTC and FCA LiabilityFTC’s One-Two Punch on Data Tracking and Health Privacy View More…

Employment Law

New York State to Fund Bonuses for Certain Healthcare Workers as Part of State Budget View More…

Fraud & Abuse

DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Key Considerations for Health Care ProvidersCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

Government Contractors

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement EffortsDEI and Government Contractors: A High-Stakes Shift View More…

Health

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement EffortsPost‑Chevron Spotlight: Federal Court Nixes FDA Rule Reclassifying Laboratory Services as Medical Devices View More…

Health Care Litigation

DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Key Considerations for Health Care ProvidersCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

Health Care Privacy/HIPAA

This New Year, California Imposes Guardrails on the Use of AI by Payors for Utilization Management DeterminationsShortly After its Online Tracking Technologies Bulletin is Declared Unlawful, HHS-OCR Stands Down, Withdraws Appeal View More…

Health Care Transactions

Oregon Governor Signs S.B. 951, Representing the Nation’s Most Onerous Restriction on the Friendly PC ModelCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

Healthcare

No Surprises Here!  Connecticut District Court Confirms IDR Awards Are Enforceable Under the NSA, Deepening Judicial Divide Over Award Enforcement MechanismsCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

HIPAA

Shortly After its Online Tracking Technologies Bulletin is Declared Unlawful, HHS-OCR Stands Down, Withdraws AppealNew HIPAA Requirements Place Additional Privacy Obligations on Covered Entities and Patients in an Effort to Protect Reproductive Health Care Information View More…

Home Health Services

Long Awaited Approval of the 1115 Waiver Amendment for New York State Medicaid – Just in Time for the Executive Budget State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025CMS releases guidance on Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (“HHVBP”) Model View More…

Hospitals & Health Systems

No Surprises Here!  Connecticut District Court Confirms IDR Awards Are Enforceable Under the NSA, Deepening Judicial Divide Over Award Enforcement MechanismsDOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Key Considerations for Health Care Providers View More…

Insurance

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement EffortsNYS DFS Revisits PBM Regulation with Scaled-Back Draft Rules View More…

Legislation

Oregon Governor Signs S.B. 951, Representing the Nation’s Most Onerous Restriction on the Friendly PC ModelNY DOH Publishes Electronic Material Health Care Transaction Reporting Form, Increasing Disclosure Requirements to Include Potentially Sensitive Business Information View More…

Mobile

FTC Blog Post Highlights Regulatory Focus on Collection of Location and Health Data View More…

Payors

No Surprises Here!  Connecticut District Court Confirms IDR Awards Are Enforceable Under the NSA, Deepening Judicial Divide Over Award Enforcement MechanismsDOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Key Considerations for Health Care Providers View More…

Privacy Law

New HIPAA Requirements Place Additional Privacy Obligations on Covered Entities and Patients in an Effort to Protect Reproductive Health Care InformationHHS Publishes Roadmap of New Strategy for Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector View More…

Providers

No Surprises Here!  Connecticut District Court Confirms IDR Awards Are Enforceable Under the NSA, Deepening Judicial Divide Over Award Enforcement MechanismsCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

Regulatory

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement EffortsDOH Issues Guidance on New York’s Material Health Care Transaction Law View More…

Regulatory Compliance

CMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement EffortsNY DOH Publishes Electronic Material Health Care Transaction Reporting Form, Increasing Disclosure Requirements to Include Potentially Sensitive Business Information View More…

Reimbursement

No Surprises Here!  Connecticut District Court Confirms IDR Awards Are Enforceable Under the NSA, Deepening Judicial Divide Over Award Enforcement MechanismsCMS to Immediately Begin Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans in Significant Expansion of Enforcement Efforts View More…

Telehealth

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Regarding Telemedicine ArrangementsHHS Issues HIPAA Guidance on Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth View More…

Uncategorized

Disproportionate Impact: Supreme Court Narrows Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement to Supplemental Security Income Cash RecipientsNo Surprises Here!  Fifth Circuit Upholds QPA Calculations and Disclosure Requirements, but Sides with Providers on Payment Deadlines  View More…