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Wade Emmert
Up and Up and Up: Accounting for Supply Cost Inflation in Due Diligence
From VMG Health, by Johnny Zizzi, CPA, and Melissa Hoelting, CPA: Inflation-Adjusted Financial Analysis: In periods of high inflation, traditional financial metrics may not accurately depict…
Providers Target Insurers in New Surprise Billing Legal Scuffles
From Bloomberg Law, by Sara Hansard: Health care providers are increasingly suing insurers for not making timely arbitration award payments under the No Surprises Act, creating…
Texas Medical Board Cracking Down on IV Hydration
From Hendershot & Cowart, PC, by Keith Lefkowitz: The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has addressed the rise of medical business models offering intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy…
Key Considerations for Healthcare Providers Responding to Law Enforcement Requests
From Quarles & Brady LLP, by Simone Colgan Dunlap, Sarah Coyne, Kaitlyn Fydenkevez, Meghan O’Connor: Current HIPAA rules permit healthcare providers to disclose protected health information…
HHS-OIG Determines Consultant’s Gift Cards Given to Physicians Recommending Services Do Not Implicate Anti-Kickback Statute
From Barnes & Thornburg, by Jason D. Schultz and Mary Elizabth “Lizzy” Ford: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)…
OIG Approves Hospital’s Redemption Offer to Retiring Physician-Owners
From Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, by Justin Brown, Krista Cooper, Ashley Gholston Fowler, Travis Lloyd: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of…
Is Stripe HIPAA Compliant?
From The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: Stripe’s Non-HIPAA Compliance: Despite being compliant with various US and international data privacy regulations, Stripe is not HIPAA compliant.…
The Most Critical Elements of the FTC’s Health Breach Rulemaking
From Lawfare, by Justin Sherman and Devan Desai, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering modifications to its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR), which governs how…
HHS Issues First Settlement for HIPAA Violations Related to a Ransomware Attack
From Hall Benefits Law, by Anne Tyler Hall: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reached a settlement with a Massachusetts-based medical management company…
Ownership Transparency: The New Normal in Healthcare?
From Davis Wright Tremain, LLP, by Megan Leonard and Robert G. Homchick, On November 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a…