Health Law & Managed Care

Healthcare is an area of law that is constantly evolving, with the Affordable Care Act provisions still rippling through the industry, and privacy and data protection concerns requiring constant vigilance, the National Law Review covers the latest developments in the Health Care Industry. The National Law Review offers analysis of news coming out of Congress related to health care legislation, as well as covering state and local laws related to health care.

Readers will also find an extensive list of cases, news, and up-to-date information on various topics in the healthcare and managed care sector. Litigation, regulatory actions being taken against doctors or pharmacies, mediation and arbitration, and coverage of the latest in drug pricing, the opioid epidemic, employer-healthcare coverage options, and legal news about health and hospital systems and physician groups.

The National Law Review covers news related to Medicare and Medicaid, to CMS funding, changes to IPAs, PHO, HMO, MSO, and other entities. Readers will find information related to managed care, assisted living facilities, at-home care, and news/legislation from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Additionally, regulations and updates released by the FDA are covered, as well as changing state and federal regulations related to telehealth and telemedicine are also on the site.

Cybersecurity in health care and compliance with HIPAA are major concerns for the industry. Additionally, Ransomware developments and other data security breaches have required a greater emphasis on safeguarding patient-records and information. More compliance and restrictions are in place for doctors/hospitals sharing patient records, HIPPA regulations have become more stringent, and e-health records, have seen a number of changes in how hospitals and doctors’ offices, deal with patient-record management internally. The National Law Review offers expert legal analysis on changing regulations related to healthcare.

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Jul 27 2016	Ransomware Reporting Requirements and New HHS Guidance, Fact Sheet	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 26 2016	Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments Beware: CMS Releases Its Proposed Changes To The Outpatient Prospective Payment System	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jul 26 2016	HHS Proposes Rules to Eliminate Backlog … in 5 Years	Polsinelli PC
Jul 26 2016	False Claims Act Penalty Spike Confirmed by DOJ	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul 26 2016	Hospital Text Messaging Rules Placed on Hold by Joint Commission	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 25 2016	New Medicare Enrollment Requirements for MA Providers	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 25 2016	New Northern California Report Suggests High Cost of Giving Birth Linked to Increased Health System Consolidation	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 25 2016	Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Watch Out for MACRA 'Brain-Freeze'	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul 25 2016	New Materials Help Covered Entities Comply with Nondiscrimination Rules	Mintz
Jul 25 2016	Congress and Obama Administration Take Steps to Ease Buprenorphine Access	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 22 2016	CMS Proposes Additions to Medicare’s Telehealth Services	Polsinelli PC
Jul 22 2016	FDA Adjustment to Orphan Drug Review May Indicate Increased Scrutiny of Designations	Mintz
Jul 21 2016	Ninth Circuit Finds Market Allegations Sufficient, Overturns Dismissal in Sutter Health Tying Case	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul 21 2016	FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Codevelopment of Therapeutic Products and Screening Tests	Mintz
Jul 20 2016	Managing Transition to Transformation: Changing the Dynamic - How Alternative Payment Systems Are Changing Strategic Goals for Health System Providers	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 19 2016	Mid-Year Top Ten Trends for Health Care Systems [VIDEO]	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 19 2016	New HIPAA Guidance on Ransomware Prevention and Recovery	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jul 19 2016	Office of Civil Rights Begins HIPAA Phase 2 Audits	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul 19 2016	FDA Publishes Two Draft Guidances on Next Generation Sequencing Technology	Covington & Burling LLP
Jul 19 2016	Rhode Island’s New Law Requires Health Plans Cover Telemedicine Services	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 19 2016	Rule Implementing ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provisions Goes Into Effect: Section 1557	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul 18 2016	Office of Civil Rights: Ransomware Attack Often Is a Data Breach	Vedder Price
Jul 18 2016	CMS Oncology Care Model Reforming Payment for Beneficiaries with Cancer	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 18 2016	Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: Addressing Opioid Crisis	Polsinelli PC
Jul 18 2016	U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Environmental Protection Agency Urge Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Consider Aerial Spraying as Part of Integrated Mosquito Control to Reduce Zika-Associated Birth Defects	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul 15 2016	New Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Regulations Will Require Covered Entities Providing Healthcare Programs and Services to Have Accessible Websites	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 15 2016	FDA Reorganization Takes on Cancer Moonshot and Other Initiatives	Mintz
Jul 15 2016	Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services Proposes Administrative Law Judge Hearing Changes	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 15 2016	The Act on Fighting Corruption in the Healthcare Sector	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul 14 2016	OCR Sends Notification Letters to Phase 2 HIPAA Auditees	Mintz
Jul 14 2016	IRS Denies Exempt Status for Non-MSSP Accountable Care Organizations	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 14 2016	CMS Releases Proposed Outpatient Payment System Rule for 2017, Leaving Hospitals Unhappy	Mintz
Jul 14 2016	Health Care Delivery Reform: Senate Committee on Finance Holds Hearings on Stark Law	American University Washington College of Law
Jul 13 2016	Office of Inspector General Continues to Call for EHR Fraud Prevention	Covington & Burling LLP
Jul 13 2016	Overpayment Rule and Implied False Claims Theory: “What You Don’t Know Can Still Hurt You”	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 13 2016	Alaska Enacts New Telemedicine Law: What Providers Should Know	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 13 2016	Roundtable Discussion Results in Senate Committee White Paper on Stark Law Reform	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 13 2016	D.C. Circuit Strikes Potential Blow to Affordable Care Act	Mintz
Jul 13 2016	Recent Enforcement Action: Business Associates Not Off the Hook for HIPAA Violations	Polsinelli PC
Jul 13 2016	New EU Rules for Medical Devices	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul 12 2016	Office for Civil Rights: Phase Two HIPAA Audits Underway	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jul 12 2016	FDA Comes Through on Promise to Release NGS Device Draft Guidelines Expeditiously	Mintz
Jul 12 2016	Digital Health: An Improving Environment for Investors	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 12 2016	OCR Releases Guidance on Ransomware: “Your Money or Your PHI”	Mintz
Jul 12 2016	Virginia District Court Opinion Provides Guidance for Extensions of Medical Device Patents Containing Method Claims	Covington & Burling LLP
Jul 12 2016	Additional Opioid Policy Changes Announced: What You Need to Know	Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul 12 2016	Employers Wonder How to Respond to Marketplace Notices	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul 12 2016	Impact of Brexit on EU Medical Devices Regulation and Structures	Covington & Burling LLP
Jul 11 2016	CMS Proposed Rule Implements Limitations on Medicare Payments for Off-Campus Outpatient Hospital Departments	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 11 2016	Sixth Circuit Again Addresses Forum Non Conveniens	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

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