The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 12, 2023

The proposed changes – if finalized – will not only impact HIPAA compliance , but other federal Rules that govern uses and disclosures of PHI (i.e., Proposed Changes to Clarify HIPAA Care Coordination Rules To clarify the position between HIPAA and care coordination, several Rule changes have been proposed. 42 CFR Part 2).

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Hall Render

MAY 9, 2023

As a result, if a patient and a practitioner have appropriately established a telemedicine relationship on or before November 11, 2023, the same telemedicine flexibilities that have governed the relationship to that point will continue to be permitted until November 11, 2024.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

While digital health support tools provide essential supplemental care, payors continue to seek to address the indispensible need for licensed practitioners to provide mental health support to the growing number of patients in need of mental health care. November 2022. [2] 21, 2023). [5] 5] Bellon, J., PhD, Quinlan, C.,

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 18, 2024

is an experienced Chief Operating Officer with 15 years of experience in both government and for-profit hospital operations. Originally, from Cleveland, Ohio, Willie earned his Bachelor of Arts in organizational communications and Master’s in Health Services Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

"We serve the same families in our Administration for Children and Families that we serve with Medicare and Medicaid, that we serve in our Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration," said Palm. There is fairness and appropriate governance at the level at which we should start with.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

In the proposed rules regarding buprenorphine DEA says that a practitioner must be registered in the state where he/she is located, however, DEA does not address this issue in its proposed rules governing the special registration requirements generally. 21 U.S.C. § 802(17).

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With support from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), public health law experts from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research at the Beasley School of Law recently embarked on a systematic review of U.S.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 22, 2022

The federal government and several states have implemented strategies to improve and promote OUD treatment access, especially for the relatively inexpensive and effective medication buprenorphine.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The report also reviewed deaths in more than 500 jails from 2016 to 2018, and found that “those relying on one of the five leading healthcare contractors had higher death rates than facilities where medical services are run by government agencies.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

One group that doesn’t fit the stereotypical substance abuse profile is health care workers, about 10% of whom are abusing drugs, according to figures from both the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA). At work, of course.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Becerra , a federal lawsuit that sought to bar enforcement of OCR's governing online-tracking tools under HIPAA. THE LARGER TREND Complicating HIPAA compliance for healthcare organizations, legal ambiguity remains over what data is not considered ePHI after AHA v. Periodically, the federal privacy framework has undergone updates.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) $4.1

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a significant restructuring initiative, undertaken in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.”

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

In November 2022, OCR and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which sees both Part 2 and HIPAA changes to better align these regulations. Proposed Part 2 and HIPAA Changes in 2023.

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Hall Render

APRIL 18, 2025

The preliminary injunction bars the federal government from conditioning, withholding or terminating federal funding on the basis that a hospital or other entity provides gender-affirming care to minors. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, seeking to overturn the district court’s preliminary injunction.

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Hall Render

MARCH 13, 2025

The preliminary injunction bars the federal government from withholding funding on the basis that a hospital or other entity provides gender-affirming care to minors. The preliminary injunction bars the federal government from enforcing Section 4 of the Executive Order, which sets forth the funding prohibitions. Washington v.

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