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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
May 28, 2023
"[T]he FTC [has taken] the position that mobile health applications that are not covered by [HIPAA] are covered by the [Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR)].... The FTC's proposed amendments to the HBNR attempt to codify this broad interpretation.... [T]he amendments would ... include 'unauthorized disclosure' in the definition of 'breach of security,' and bring 'websites' and 'mobile applications' into the scope of the law[.]"
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Jan. 28, 2024
"[T]he Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model [is] designed to improve outcomes for adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) by enhancing behavioral health provider capacity to integrate physical health care into their practice settings and services ... CMMI will provide infrastructure funding to providers that participate in Medicare, and the selected states will provide similar funding for Medicaid-only provider practices under aligned program requirements."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Aug. 25, 2024
"[1] Review service agreements for all delegated service providers that assist with the administration of your health plan benefits to ensure that agreements clearly identify and allocate obligations to ensure compliance with the new requirements.... [2] Develop a work plan to update your MHPAEA compliance documentation to align with the new requirement ... [identifying] responsibilities and timelines for the health plan and each designated service provider.... [3] Identify the named fiduciary that will be required to review each comparative analysis and certify that they believe the analysis complies with the new content requirements."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Apr. 12, 2023
"With the imminent expiration of the PHE looming, OCR announced that [four prior] notifications of enforcement discretion will terminate on May 11, 2023. However, for the Telehealth Notification only OCR is affording a 90-day transition period through August 9, 2023. During this transition period, OCR will continue to exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties on health care providers for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules that occurs in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Feb. 27, 2018
"The most recent NGHP policy guidance covers several forms of liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance, and workers compensation in several states of existence and decay, such as NGHPs that are in bankruptcy, those that are acquired by larger entities, those that are in the liquidation process, and those that are general self-insurance pools.... There is no blanket requirement that all NGHPs register with Medicare, but those that have reportable information must register at least a quarter before submitting a report."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Feb. 25, 2018
"Given recent enforcement trends, and the risk of raising damages for non-compliance from double to treble, including a minimum fine of $1000 per day per unreported beneficiary, [group health plans (GHPs)] may want to review and audit their compliance with MSP requirements.... GHPs with 20 or more employees report certain information to CMS to avoid payment conflicts (although smaller companies have certain limited reporting obligations)."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Feb. 2, 2025
"The Proposed Rule contains significant textual modifications to the current HIPAA Security Rule.... [T]he proposed new requirements are aimed at aligning with current cybersecurity best practices as reflected across risk management frameworks, including NIST's Cybersecurity Framework."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Feb. 15, 2022
"[T]he Enforcement Letters ... provide critical details regarding how the [No Surprises Act (NSA)] intersects with existing state laws and CMS's expectations regarding NSA enforcement in each state.... The diversity of pre-NSA state laws addressing surprise and balance billing ... has presented significant challenges for stakeholders attempting to comply in good faith with the NSA in addition to state requirements, particularly in areas where state and Federal law do not align perfectly." As of February 11, 2022, CMS has not published Enforcement Letters for Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Ohio, or Tennessee.]
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Mar. 1, 2023
"In the era of abortion regulation and the wind-down of the COVID-19 public health emergency ... new legislation in states such as Utah may be a sign of what is to come for online and telehealth prescribing.... [O]ther states have turned their attention to online pharmacies and telehealth providers.... [R]apidly changing state laws must be read together with existing federal requirements and in the context of other types of guidance released by different federal enforcement agencies, all of which is also in a state of flux."
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Health Law Advisor, Epstein Becker Green
Nov. 11, 2024
"[T]he Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act (HISAA) would create significant new security requirements ... designed to address cybersecurity risks, require ongoing risk assessments and audits related cybersecurity practices, establish new penalties for noncompliance with these requirements ... and create funding incentives ... for entities subject to these requirements." [Legislative text and one-page summary]
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