Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2018
On Dec. 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information seeking input…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 27 Nov 2018
The final 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule regulation released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 20 Apr 2018
Nearly 30 states have some sort of approval of medical marijuana or cannabis, and nine states (including the District of Columbia) have taken the…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 16 Apr 2018
The Department of Transportation (“DOT”) regulates drug testing for safety-sensitive transportation employees. These positions include commercial…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 19 May 2017
A recent global ransomware attack has impacted nearly 150 countries. The healthcare industry was not immune to this attack, as at least 16 hospitals…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 17 Jan 2017
The beginning of 2017 has brought two notable developments regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") and…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 23 Dec 2016
President Obama signed H.R. 34: The 21st Century Cures Act on Dec. 13, 2016. The 21st Century Cures Act ("the Act") provides expansive reforms to the…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 30 Sep 2016
On Sept. 28, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule that will impact all long-term care facilities participating in the…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 10 Sep 2015
After several months of delay, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has selected a vendor to begin Phase II of OCR's random…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 7 Oct 2014
On Oct. 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule (the “Proposed…