Video Legal Briefing: HIPAA Security Guidance and Practices
New HIPAA guidance on recognized security practices for electronically protected healthcare information.
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- Apr 7, 2022
HIPAA Update: Request for Information on Security Practices
On April 6, 2022, the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Request for Information”...
- Mar 30, 2022
Proposed Legislation May Have Nursing Homes Dealing with COVID-19 for Years to Come
In response to a reported 15,000 nursing home deaths attributed to COVID-19 in New York, Democratic lawmakers have proposed a change to...
- Jan 12, 2022
Expanded Medicaid Coverage in New York – Mental Health Services
In December, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed two new bills into law which will greatly expand coverage under the...
- Jan 11, 2022
Making Pandemic Changes Permanent – Electronic Remote Notary Services
On May 19, 2020, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.7, authorizing a procedure by which notaries could take...
- Jan 11, 2022
No Surprises Act: Good Faith Estimate Requirement
As outlined in our previous Legal Briefing (see link: No Surprises Act Compliance (lawpf.com)) the federal No Surprises Act (the “Act”)...
- Jan 4, 2022
Quality Assurance Committees Take Note — Identify the Speaker or Lose the Privilege
New York State and federal law both contain confidentiality provisions protecting quality assurance committee materials from disclosure...
- Dec 23, 2021
No Surprises Act Compliance
The federal No Surprises Act (the “Act”) was enacted in 2020 in order to protect patients from surprise medical bills. The Act creates...
- Dec 15, 2021
Status of Religious Exemptions in New York State
As detailed in previous legal briefings, New York State’s Department of Health has enacted regulations mandating most healthcare...
- Nov 12, 2021
Stark (Self Referral) Physician Compensation Revisions
The federal physician self-referral (“Stark”) law prohibits a physician from referring a patient to an entity with which the physician...
- Nov 8, 2021
Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Update
Anti-mandate advocates were successful in federal court over the weekend. On Saturday, a Federal appeals court in Louisiana temporarily...
- Sep 29, 2021
New York Vaccination Mandate Update
As detailed in our previous Legal Briefing (see link: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines (lawpf.com)), the New York State Department of Health...
- Sep 28, 2021
NYS Guide for Nursing Home Discharges and Transfers
When a nursing home discharges or transfers a resident, state and federal legal requirements mandate that the facility follow a detailed...
- Jun 23, 2021
OSHA and ETS Updated Guidance for Healthcare Facilities and Non-Healthcare Facilities
On June 21, 2021, the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)...
- Apr 28, 2021
Gestational Surrogacy is Now Legal in New York
“Gestational surrogacy” is a type of surrogacy where the surrogate does not provide the egg for fertilization but instead carries the...
- Apr 19, 2021
Repeal of COVID-19 Health Care Immunity
On March 24, 2021, New York lawmakers repealed significant protections from COVID-19 related liability for nursing facilities, hospitals...
- Mar 16, 2021
Effect of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on the Healthcare Marketplace
On March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus...
- Mar 15, 2021
HIPAA Penalties Suspended for Eligible COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Apps
In an announcement made by the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the penalties under...
- Mar 11, 2021
Health Information Blocking: Do I Have to Worry About It?
Congress in 2016 passed the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”). Nestled within the 312-page law is a section prohibiting “information...
- Feb 1, 2021
Proposed Reforms to “Modernize” the Office of Professional Medical Conduct
Governor Cuomo’s recently released State of the State Plan and 2022 Health budget contain many proposals that impact health care professiona