by Girish Anand | Sep 9, 2019 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
July was n historic month when it comes to breaches of health care data involving incidents affecting 500 or more persons, with a total of more than 50 such breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) affecting more than 35 million individuals. According to...
by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2019 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced proposed changes to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of patient records created by federally-assisted substance use disorder treatment programs, known as 42 CFR Part 2. The proposed...
by Girish Anand | Jul 31, 2019 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that HHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are publishing a Safe Importation Action Plan – PDF that outlines two potential pathways that would lay the foundation for the safe...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, POTUS, U.S. Supreme Court
A coalition of five cities has sued President Trump and officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for deliberately “sabotaging” the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). The suit hinges on a clause in the Constitution and on the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 19, 2019 | HHS
They’re mad as heck and they ain’t gonna take it anymore, so we’ll see you in court, says Big Pharma. Merck, Eli Lilly and Amgen are being joined by the National Association of Advertisers in suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
by Girish Anand | Jun 17, 2019 | DOL, HHS, IRS
The Trump administration is rolling out rules that will allow employers to fund Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) so that their employees can purchase health insurance on their own. The rules, which take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, are currently being finalized by...
