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Russell Kennedy | Australia | 13 Jul 2023
Safeguarding Patient Confidentiality: Updated strategies for managing Subpoenaed Medical Records
Health practitioners are often requested to release their patients’ medical records to courts or lawyers for other parties under subpoenas. However…
Lexology PRO | European Union | 4 May 2022
New health data law jumps on Data Act possibilities
The European Commission has published a proposed regulation on the sharing of medical data, but the law is reliant on other pieces of data-sharing legislation which are themselves not yet finalised.
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2021
UK delays new public health database
Facing opposition by privacy activists, the UK’s government has postponed the creation of a centralised patient medical information database.
Bass Berry & Sims PLC | USA | 17 Jan 2019
DOJ Intervenes in Another Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment FCA Suit
On December 11, 2018, the United States announced that it has elected to intervene in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit filed against Sutter Health and…
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | USA | 4 Jan 2019
What’s Up Doc with Medical Records in FCRA Cases?
Are medical records discoverable in FCRA cases? Like most legal questions, it depends. The Northern District of California recently grappled with this…
Mintz | USA | 3 Jan 2019
HIPAA and Health Care Data Privacy - 2018 Year-in-Review
Today, we’re looking back at HIPAA and other privacy and security developments in 2018. This past year saw continued HIPAA enforcement (including the…
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 21 Dec 2018
DOJ Moves to Dismiss 11 FCA Cases
In a surprising development, DOJ said in a Texas federal court filing this week that it plans to dismiss 11 nearly identical complaints brought…
Carrington Coleman | USA | 21 Dec 2018
Excluding mental-health evidence was reversible error
In a rare opinion reversing a judgment as a result of a trial court’s evidentiary rulings, the Supreme Court of Texas overturned a Plaintiff’s…
MME Legal Tax Compliance | Switzerland | 28 Nov 2018
TCM therapists and their possibility to participate in the Electronic Patient Record
The age of digitalization has revolutionized the Swiss healthcare sector. The integration of information and communication Technologies (ICT) through…
Frost Brown Todd LLP | USA | 26 Nov 2018
CMS’ New Fee Schedule Signals Modern, Cost-Conscious Approach to Telehealth for Medicare Patients
On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for public inspection…
