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OCR continues enforcement of HIPAA Right of Access Initiative

WEBOn August 1, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published its 49th HIPAA Right of Access Initiative enforcement …

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Digital Health & Telemedicine Nixon Peabody LLP

WEBOverview. As legal issues surrounding digital health and telemedicine continue to emerge, these platforms, applications, and services are now at the forefront of the healthcare …

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OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative enforcement Nixon …

WEBBy Valerie Montague and Meredith LaMaster Grace Connelly, a legal intern in Nixon Peabody’s Healthcare practice and a 2024 J.D. candidate at Loyola University …

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OCR releases final HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive …

WEBThe Final Rule prohibits the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) related to lawful reproductive health care in certain scenarios.

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Chevron overruled: Insights and impacts on the healthcare industry

WEBoverruled: Insights and impacts on the healthcare industry. July 2, 2024. By Morgan Nighan, Harsh Parikh, Hannah Bornstein, Rebecca Simone and Michael …

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New York provides bonuses to certain essential healthcare workers

WEBThe COVID-19 Pandemic has placed unparalleled burdens on essential front-line healthcare and mental hygiene workers across the country. To retain essential …

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FTC amends and broadens Health Breach Notification Rule

WEB“Covered Health care provider” means a provider of services (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1395x(u)), a provider of medical or other health services (as defined in 42 U.S.C. …

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DOL redefines “health care provider” exception Employment Law …

WEBSignificant changes to FFCRA: DOL redefines “health care provider” exception & clarifies intermittent leave for childcare purposes. The Family First …

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In response to the Ciox Health decision, OCR issued a notice …

WEBOn January 23, 2020, the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia issued a 55-page decision (the Ciox Health decision) (i) invalidating a provision in the 2013 HIPAA …

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State privacy trends in reproductive health Nixon Peabody LLP

WEBSince the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization and subsequent laws enacted by multiple states to criminalize abortions …

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Fiduciary governance: Managing increasing health and welfare …

WEBThese fiduciary obligations apply to both retirement plans and health and welfare benefit plans. Employers that sponsor retirement plans are acutely aware of …

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New emergency regulations for New York healthcare workers

WEBLast week—consistent with Governor Cuomo’s announcement, as we previously discussed—the New York Department of Health (“Department of Health”) …

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Bringing it all together — Health and welfare plan fiduciary …

WEBDOWNLOAD. PDF: Fiduciary compliance reviews. Over the last several weeks, our Health and Welfare Plan Fiduciary Governance Series has touched on a …

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Employer challenges post- Dobbs Nixon Peabody LLP

WEBOn June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its expected ruling in Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overrules long-standing …

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Maryland enacts comprehensive data privacy act

WEBOn May 9, 2024, Maryland became the fifth state to enact a data privacy law in 2024 and the seventeenth state overall. Unlike other state privacy laws with a similar substantive …

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California’s new mandatory workplace violence prevention plan

WEBA new California law for 2024, Senate Bill 553 requires virtually all California employers to adopt and implement a workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP) no …

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Valuing health plan cost for coronavirus (COVID-19) related …

WEBIn response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact on the U.S. economy, Congress passed (and the president signed into law) two pieces of …

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