4/12/2022 6:00:25 PM Biden administration announces efforts to combat “Long COVID” By Megan K. Ali On April 8, 2022, President Biden issued a memorandum ordering his executive departments to take steps to combat the long term effects of...
1/11/2022 4:12:55 PM Pending investigations/cases no longer prevent OIG advisory opinions By Rick Robinson Selina Coleman Matthew Loughran The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) will be lifting its long-standing refusal to accept...
6/8/2021 8:43:05 PM Patient Right of Access Under HIPAA and Increased Enforcement By Alyssa Chai This post was also written by Marquan Robertson, a Reed Smith summer associate. In 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services...
2/8/2021 2:30:16 PM President Biden implements policies to expand access to health care and coverage By Lauren Bentlage On January 28, 2021, the White House issued President Biden’s Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (the...
12/14/2020 7:46:21 PM HHS proposes important changes to key aspects of HIPAA Privacy Rule By Nancy Halstead Brad Rostolsky Vicki Tankle The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance...
10/13/2020 4:59:39 PM New Executive Order seeks to address COVID-19 impact on mental health By Lauren Bentlage Arielle Lusardi On October 5, 2020, the White House issued President Trump’s Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and...
10/2/2020 7:36:05 PM Patient access to health information at the forefront of government initiatives and scrutiny By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Even amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, this year multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in...
6/1/2020 7:08:10 PM OIG releases strategic plan for oversight of COVID-19 response By Vicki Tankle Following the distribution of billions of relief aid to healthcare providers and amidst the guidance issued around reopening of nursing...
4/2/2020 8:34:15 PM Sweeping “CARES Act” Legislation Will Have Wide Impact on Health Care, Life Sciences Companies By Debra McCurdy The recently passed “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (CARES Act) is sweeping legislation that will have widespread...