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OCR Updates Ransomware Guidance | JD Supra
On June 9, 2021, OCR distributed an update to those on its Privacy List sharing links to alerts and resources for addressing the growing number and size of ransomware incidents. One such resource included a White House memo dated June 2, 2021 from Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology titled, “What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware” (the White House Memo).
Are States Making COVID-19 Telehealth Emergency Measures Permanent? | JD Supra
Texas may be among the first of many states to enact laws that encourage providers to continue electronically communicating with and monitoring their patients after COVID-19 emergency regulations and governors’ orders expire. State legislatures are acknowledging the advantages telehealth offered during COVID-19 and are making major changes to pre-pandemic law to accommodate its continued use and growth.
California Medicaid Set to Lose $200 Million in Funding Next Quarter for its Universal Abortion Coverage Mandate | JD Supra
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) will disallow $200 million in federal Medi-Cal funding next quarter due to California’s refusal to stop imposing abortion coverage mandates on health plans and issuers. Each quarter CMS will disallow another $200 million in Medicaid Federal Financial Participation funds until California abandons its abortion coverage mandate.
HIPAA Enforcement Discretion During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
President Signs Coronavirus Spending Legislation that Includes Telehealth Expansion | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
HHS Issues Important Notice That It Will Not Enforce Certain Fee Limitations On Individuals' Requests To Transmit Health Records To Third Parties | JD Supra
On January 28, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued an announcement of financial importance to covered entities and business associates that produce copies of medical records to patients and third parties. HHS announced that it would not enforce the fee limitation described in HHS’s 2016 regulation at 45 C.F.R. § 164.524(c)(4) that applied to individuals’ requests for transmission of their Protected Health Information (“PHI”) to third parties.
HHS Issues Notice of Violation to California for its Universal Abortion Coverage Mandate | JD Supra
On Friday afternoon, January 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Violation to the state of California demanding that the state stop imposing abortion coverage mandates on health plans and issuers, (“Notice”). The Notice gives California 30 days to inform OCR whether it will take corrective action or continue imposing the coverage mandates.
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