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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Click Here for OCR’s guidance “ How the HIPAA Rules Permit Covered Health Care Providers and Health Plans to Use Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth ” Comply with Consent Requirements Most states have telehealth specific informed consent requirement in their statute, administrative code and/or Medicaid policies.

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New York Doubles Down on Telehealth

NY Health Law

While the laws governing telehealth were becoming gradually more permissive, progress was slow. diminished quality of care, increased opportunity to violate scope of practice or informed consent laws, etc.) seem not to have been a major concern.

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The Dr. Oz Paradox

Bill of Health

Professionals within a professional relationship are subject to a variety of legal constraints, such as informed consent requirements or professional malpractice liability if things go wrong. For example, free speech is not a defense against a malpractice claim. As the Court reaffirmed in Shurtleff , “[t]he Constitution.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

over Claims Practices Where things stand in Central California 1 month after a community hospital’s closure California hospital names Kelly Linden CEO Upcoming California health bills to watch, including a conversation with Rep. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass.

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Always Liability Increases (ALI)?  Not Yet with Medical Monitoring.

Drug & Device Law

There was an insufficient time to discuss the Torts: Medical Malpractice draft. Ironically, this last motion also corrected a series of typos in the Draft’s black letter – substituting “regimen” for “regime,” and pointing out that “The primary definition of a regime is a government, especially an authoritarian one.”

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Suing the Certifiers – A Dangerous Undertaking

Drug & Device Law

Apparently, a fraudulent foreign-trained “doctor” treated the plaintiffs, none of whom claimed malpractice or any physical injury whatsoever. Anyway, this fraudulent “doctor” allegedly “touched them without informed consent” and caused them “emotional distress. 23 in its current form. at 183 (quoting Meyers v. 2d 398, 404 (N.J.

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FDA Safety Communication Not Enough to Support Punitive Damages Claim in New Jersey

Drug & Device Law

Today’s post is actually about a medical malpractice case. Within days, the hospital convened a “power morcellation group” tasked with drafting an informed consent form that would reflect the FDA’s concerns. In Rivera v. Valley Hospital, Inc. 2022 WL 3650726 (NJ Aug.

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