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Wade Emmert
Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
From Ars Technica, by Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess: Change Healthcare, a prominent healthcare company in the U.S., has been embroiled in a significant ransomware debacle,…
CMS Issues Hospice Proposed Payment Rule
From King & Spalding, by Kate Karpenko: The CMS has issued a proposed rule for fiscal year 2025 to update Medicare hospice payments and aggregate cap…
Online Tracking Technologies: Updated HIPAA Guidance Creates Uncertainty
From Morgan Lewis, by W. Reece Hirsch, Amy M. Magnano, Michael J. Madderra, Sydney Reed Swanson: The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) Office…
Forecasting the Integration of AI into Health Care Compliance Programs
From Robinson Cole, by Kathleen Healy, Josh Yoo: Healthcare entities need to incorporate AI standards into their compliance programs to manage and mitigate legal risks. Executive…
Pandemic Fraud Suits Have Yielded Over $100 Million, Report Says
From Bloomberg Law, by Daniel Seiden: The Covid-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force has reported that over $100 million has been reclaimed by the US government through…
“Stark” Differences: DOJ’s Renewed Focus on Stand-Alone Stark Law Violations
From Arnold & Porter, by Murad Hussain, Allison W. Shuren, Loreli (Lori) Wright: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently increased enforcement of the False Claims…
Healthcare Highlights from FTC’s 2024 PrivacyCon
From SheppardMullin, by Carolyn Metnick, Carolyn Young: The Federal Trade Commission’s annual PrivacyCon highlighted three healthcare privacy research projects: tracking technology use by healthcare providers, women’s…
Why You Need a Privacy Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-NGwdUc1yM In a previous video, we talked about what a Privacy Program is. In this video, we look at six reasons why your organization needs a…
CMS Again Settles Record Stark Self-Disclosures in 2023
From McGuireWoods, by Gretchen Heinze Townshend, Timothy Fry, Kristen H. Chang, Varsha Gadani, Micaela Enger: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported a record…
Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness Considerations Amid CMS Radiopharmaceutical Reimbursement Challenges
From VMG Health, by Carla Zarazua, Preston Edison, and James Tekippe, CFA: Radiopharmaceutical drugs (RPs) are crucial for diagnosing and treating diseases. However, the current pricing…