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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…
US Enforcement of Emergency Abortion Rule Halted in Texas
From Bloomberg Law, by Mary Anne Pazanowski and Ian Lopez: The Fifth Circuit has ruled that the Biden administration’s guidance document, intended to protect abortion access…
OCR Doubles Down: Two Settlements in Two Months for Two Common Cybersecurity Issues
From Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, by Ike Willett & Cory Brennan: On December 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for…
FDA Warns Against Unauthorized Fat-Melting Injection Treatments
From NBC News, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.: The FDA has issued a warning about the dangers of using unauthorized versions of fat-dissolving injections, citing reports of…
FTC Seeks to Put Private Equity Roll-Up Strategies to Sleep With its Case Against U.S. Anesthesia Partners
From Winston & Strawn, by Neely Agin and Hannah Gallagher, writing for AHLA (Subscription): FTC and DOJ have increased regulatory scrutiny on the health care industry,…
Private Investors and Digital Health Attracting Oig Attention: General Compliance Program Guidance to Watch
From McDermott, Will & Emery, by Tony Maida, Dale C. Van Demark, Monica Wallace: The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector…