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HHS issues request for information on HITECH Act requirement for accounting for disclosures through an electronic health record

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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May 17 2010

The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a Request for Information on the HITECH Act provisions that require HIPAA covered entities to account for disclosures of protected health information through an electronic health record for treatment, payment and health care operations purposes to facilitate its issuance of a proposed regulation implementing the HITECH provisions

ONC issues revised certification criteria for EHR technology used to earn incentive payments

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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September 18 2012

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology coordinated its September 4, 2012, release of the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ release on the same day of updated meaningful use (MU) criteria for eligible providers to demonstrate MU and earn EHR incentive payments under Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

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

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

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

HITECH’s security breach notification requirements

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 22 2009

Health care reform: substantial fraud and abuse and program integrity measures enacted

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 12 2010

President Obama recently signed into law the much-anticipated health care reform legislation

Legislation requires development of standards and protocols for electronic enrollment, and eligibility notification and verification

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 14 2010

All stakeholders affected by the federal government's interrelated development of standards and protocols under HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should closely monitor and, where possible, provide input on their development

AAMC task force releases new guidance on managing conflicts of interest in clinical care

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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August 2 2010

On June 30, 2010, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) issued a report entitled In the Interest of Patients: Recommendations for Physician Financial Relationships and Clinical Decision Making (the 2010 AAMC Report, or the Report

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