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OCR exercises its enforcement discretion

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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March 1 2011

On February 4, 2011, the Office for Civil Rights imposed a $4.3 million civil money penalty against Cignet Health of Maryland for violating the HIPAA privacy standards

CMS issues proposed rule implementing the "Federal Sunshine Law" reporting requirements

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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January 4 2012

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule implementing the "Sunshine" provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires annual public reporting by certain drug and device manufacturers of payments made by them to physicians and teaching hospitals and of physician ownership interests in such manufacturers

Final rule establishes the temporary certification program for EHR technology

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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July 12 2010

On June 24, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) published the temporary electronic health record (EHR) certification program final rule (Final Rule), establishing the process by which the ONC will select organizations to be ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs) for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs established by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act

OCR’s proposed revisions to accounting for disclosures standard produces strong opposition from many covered entities

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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October 14 2011

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reviewing comments submitted by interested parties to OCR’s proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to implement a provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) that expands the accounting for disclosures standard under the privacy standards (Privacy Standards) adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA

Massachusetts approves regulations to implement the pharmaceutical and medical device disclosure law

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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March 13 2009

Massachusetts has implemented a stringent disclosure law and code of conduct for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers

HHS finalizes new financial conflicts of interest regulations

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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September 1 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently published its final rule governing financial conflicts of interest involving investigators conducting Public Health Service (PHS)-supported research

Final rule establishes the permanent certification program for EHR technology

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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March 2 2011

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has finalized the permanent electronic health record (EHR) certification program under which EHR technology will be tested and certified as meeting meaningful use stage 2 certification requirements under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs beginning in 2012

HITECH's HHS and FTC security breach notification requirements

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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August 27 2009

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, includes significant investment in health information technology (IT) to facilitate the adoption of a nationwide health information network

GINA & HIPAA: interim final rules and privacy proposed rule published

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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October 15 2009

The next chapter in the ongoing effort by the federal government to narrow the permissible uses of personal health information by entities engaged in the health care industry has arrived

HHS issues interim final rule conforming HIPAA civil money penalties to HITECH Act requirements

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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November 12 2009

The new HIPAA civil money penalties scheme substantially increases the potential penalties for HIPAA violations occurring on or after February 18, 2009

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