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During this COVID-19 pandemic, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has issued guidance for health care providers and patients/residents...

During his daily briefing on March 25, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo confirmed that there are a total of 30,811 cases of...

It is well-established law that when a person acts, he or she must do so without negligence – without breaching a duty he or she owes to...

New York State, the Federal government, and State and Federal departments and agencies have issued several orders and declarations over...

As we learn more about the transmission vector for coronavirus, many medical professionals are concluding that the virus is likely spread...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) publicized a Notification of Enforcement Discretion...

In the face of the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) pandemic, nursing homes and in-patient hospice facilities have been faced with a new...

At the end of 2019, the New York State Court of Appeals provided some clarification on how medical providers should respond to subpoenas ...

It is more likely than not that your organization will eventually experience a data breach. The question is whether your organization...

Large, high profile data breaches involving consumer information have been part of the news cycle for a decade and more.

This year, our attorneys once again attended the annual meeting of the NYSBA Health Law Section in New York City.

In 2013, Fresenius reported five separate breaches which occurred in between February 2012 and June 2012.

In September, 2017, New York Governor Cuomo signed into law new legislation, Chapter 322 of the Laws of 2017.

A recent decision highlights the ongoing efforts of plaintiffs’ attorneys in New York to obtain nursing homes’ confidential records.