The Sunshine Act final rule: CMS sheds light on reporting physician and teaching hospital payments *

USA - February 22 2013
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (the…

Co-authors: Tripp Haston.

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HIPAA and HITECH Privacy and Security Rule update: final omnibus rule *

USA - January 25 2013
The Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published today the much anticipated final omnibus rule…

Co-authors: Judd A. Harwood, Dinetia Newman, Kevin Alonso, Mark C. Lewis, Sarah K. Baker.

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CMS and ONC move forward with meaningful use--stage 2 *

USA - August 30 2012
On August 23, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”), both agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), released complementary final rules concerning the continued implementation of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (the “Programs”) and the technological specifications required to achieve “meaningful use” under the Programs to qualify for the respective Program’s incentive payments.

Co-authors: Dinetia Newman, Kevin Alonso.

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Florida court rejects FTC’s interpretation of its own healthcare advertising requirements *

USA - March 22 2012
The FTC requires that healthcare advertisements be substantiated with “competent and reliable scientific evidence.”

Co-authors: Jay L. Levine.

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Brave new networked world: collecting and using consumer information online under the new Privacy Bill of Rights *

USA - February 27 2012
Recent and pending mandates by the federal government will directly impact every company that collects or uses consumer data online.

Co-authors: Paige M. Boshell.

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