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Widespread Third-Party Tracking On Hospital Websites Poses Privacy Risks For Patients And Legal Liability For Hospitals
Web tracking technology has been in the news a lot lately. Most websites use such tools to track users as they navigate through a particular site…
OIG Approves Gift Cards to Promote Patient Compliance with a Preventive Screening Measure
OIG has approved the use of gift cards to incentivize patients to return sample collection kits, provided there are certain safeguards in place: Mailing the gift…
FDA to Refuse Medical Device Submissions For Cybersecurity Reasons Beginning in October
Jill McKeon, for Health IT Security: Effective immediately, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require medical device manufacturers to provide cybersecurity information in their…
FDA Cybersecurity Requirements for Medical Devices Now in Effect
From the HIPAA Journal: On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, the medical device cybersecurity requirements of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill – The Consolidated Appropriations Act,…
A Federal Judge Suspends FDA’s Longtime Approval of an Abortion Pill, but Gives the Government 7 Days to Appeal
Medication abortions typically use two drugs taken together: Mifepristone and Misoprostol. This ruling only affects Mifepristone. The other drug, Misopostol, is still available, but its use…
Judge Strikes Down ACA’s Preventive Care Requirement
A Fort Worth federal judge yesterday ruled that insurers cannot be compelled under the Affordable Care Act to provide preventative care free of charge to insureds.…
Hospital to Pay False Claims Act Penalty for Allegedly Letting Unsupervised Residents Interpret X-Rays
When a healthcare provider submits claims to Medicare, they are making several implied representations: 1) the service was medicaly necessary; 2) the service was performed; and…
Two nurses sent to prison for illegal kickback scheme
Healthcare providers besides physicians can also violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. And, do not think that only physicians can make illegal refurrals. Paying anyone something of value…
DSOs vs. Texas’ Corporate Practice of Dentistry Doctrine: What You Need to Know
The Corporate Practice of Medicine (CPOM) is deeply rooted in Texas law. But the Corporate Practice of Dentistry similarly provides that “a person may not practice…
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Is Poised to Address Emergency Abortions and the Scope of EMTALA’s Preemption of State Abortion Laws
Steven G. Pine, gina L. Bertolini, with K&L Gates: Shortly after the Dobbs decision, HHS laid out its position in a 11 July 2022 memorandum issued…