HealthBEAT

HealthBEAT Quarterly Legal Roundup contains alerts, articles, updates and legislative developments of interest to legal practitioners and business leaders across the health care industry. Read HealthBEAT editions below.

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Winter 2020 Edition

Headlines include:

• Federal Court Strikes Down HIPAA Fee Limitations for Third-Party Medical Records Requests

• Is Your Health Care Organization at Risk? Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 2007

• HHS Advises Health Care Entities Immediately Patch Operating System Vulnerabilities

• ACA Litigation Update – Supreme Court Declines to Fast Track Review of Fifth Circuit ACA Decision

• OCR Announces Recent Enforcement Actions and Settlements for Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

• Proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary Rules Address Control and Ownership Changes

• DOJ False Claims Act Stats Show Growth in Recoveries in 2019, Continued High Level of Qui Tam Actions Filed

• 9th Circuit Skeptical of Government Interlocutory Appeal of Unprecedented Denial of Motion to Dismiss Qui Tam Case

• Nursing Blog: Ohio Nurses Looking for Work? You Need to Network

• Nursing Blog: Compliance Requirements Heightened Under New Pharmacy Board Rules

• Attorneys in the News: Tim Cahill Begins Presidency of Society for Ohio Health Care Attorneys

• Attorneys in the News: Beth Collis Offers Insight to Health Care Professionals in Addiction Recovery

• Attorneys in the News: Daniel Zinsmaster Named National Law Review Hemp/Marijuana Regulation ‘Go-To Thought Leader’

  

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Fall 2019 Edition

Headlines include:

• FDA to Convene Metal-Containing Implants and Dental Amalgams Panel

• Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations Proposed Rule

• Kentucky Proposed 340B Policy and Procedures Manual

• Dental Practice Pays $10,000 in HIPAA Settlements for Disclosing Personal Health Information on Social Media

• Changes to Definition of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Impact Hospitals

• Ohio Lawmakers Decriminalize Hemp, Hemp Products

• Now that States Have Legalized Hemp and/or Marijuana, How You Can Comply with Labeling and Packaging Requirements?

• Ohio Department of Commerce to Conduct Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Medical Marijuana Rules

• Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy Issues Compounding Regulations

  

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Spring 2019 Edition

Headlines include:

• EPA Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule Mandates Changes for Health Care Facilities
• HHS Proposes New Rule to Revise Section 1557 and Repeal Notice Requirements
• Two New Recent Developments Impacting False Claims Act Litigation and Investigations
• Possible Changes to the Legalization and Regulation of Hemp and CBD Oil
• The Nuances of Hospital Subpoenas
• Are Stronger Dietary Supplement Regulations on the Horizon? 
• 2019 West Virginia Legislative Highlights 
• Ohio AG Yost Calls for Immediate Legislative Action on PBMs
• HHS: OCR Reduces Annual Maximum Fines for HIPAA Violations