Dianne J. Bourque
Mintz
Articles
HHS further amends 42 cfr part 2, easing some, but not all, burdens on substance use disorder treatment providers
USA - July 17 2020 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a final rule further amending 42 CFR Part 2 regulations (Part 2) to allow...
FDA Issues Guidance Addressing COVID-19 Interference with Clinical Trials
USA - March 21 2020 In recognition of the widespread disruptions the COVID-19 crisis is posing to planned and ongoing clinical trials at sites throughout the United...
HIPAA Compliance in a National Emergency: What Does It Look Like in Real Life?
USA - March 18 2020 Amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex M. Azar, took steps on...
A New Decade of HIPAA - What Can We Expect?
USA - December 23 2019 As the decade winds down, it’s hard to believe that the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are almost twenty years old. It has been ten years since the...
HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 2: Cybersecurity Technology and Electronic Health Records
USA - October 21 2019 On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published two proposed rules (one by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and...
