The Dorsey Health Law blog team keeps readers up-to-date on relevant topics in the health care industry. In order to do so, the members of the blog team communicate regularly with other practice groups within the firm for applicable updates from client publications. For this post, we would like to thank Dorsey’s Ross D’Emanuele, Jamie...
Over the past decade, the number of health care data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has increased dramatically. From 2009 to 2022, over 5,000 data breaches affecting 500 or more records were reported to OCR, accounting for the exposure of over 380 million health...
The use of tracking technologies on websites and mobile applications (e.g., cookies) has become largely ubiquitous in our technology-driven world. Health care providers and organizations, for example, may use tracking technologies to identify their patients’ care needs and improve patient experience. As the use of tracking technologies burgeons, so do concerns from individuals about how...
On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that digital health platform GoodRx violated the FTC Act by repeatedly sharing personal health information with advertising companies and platforms, such as Facebook and Google, and failed to report the unauthorized...
The COVID-19 pandemic required health care providers of all sizes to make drastic changes to the mode of patient care delivery. Telehealth quickly emerged as a safe alternative to in-person patient visits, and many providers quickly transitioned to virtual services. The pandemic-initiated expansion of telehealth was rapid and significant, but the pandemic likely accelerated existing...
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) launched the “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care” to accelerate a transformation of the healthcare system, with a focus on removing “unnecessary obstacles” to coordinated care (the “Regulatory Sprint”). Several HHS agencies requested comments and information from the public and have published new or proposed...
Health and retirement benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) have troves of personal information regarding plan participants and their beneficiaries—e.g., participants’ age, marital status, personal assets, medical and prescription drug claim data, and medical history. Although the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulates treatment of protected health information,...
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which proposes significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) Privacy Rule (the “Privacy Rule”). The NPRM includes...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been actively enforcing HIPAA regulations this year, including a series of seven settlements under OCR’s Right of Access Initiative to enforce patients’ rights to timely access their medical records at a reasonable cost. This year, OCR has recorded...
The recently-enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) is generally known for providing relief funds and other resources to help individuals, small businesses, state and local governments, and hospitals and healthcare providers address the COVID-19 public health emergency. However, among the lesser-known of the CARES Act provisions are changes to federal...
Alissa SmithAlissa represents health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care providers, home he...
Hannah McCallumHannah brings specialized knowledge and real-life experience to help her clients make infor...
Andrew BrantinghamAndrew's experience spans a wide range of industries, and has particular depth in...
Rebecca BrommelBecki assists clients in the areas of litigation and administrative law wit...
Katie CownieKatie has worked on business and corporate issues for more than 20 years. Many of...
Lillie CoxLillie assists a wide array of healthcare industry clients with corporate transact...
Ross C. D'EmanueleRoss works in the health care provider, payor, and drug and medical device segment...
Nathan EbnetAs an associate in Dorsey's trial group, Nate Ebnet helps clients achieve their g...
Katie Ervin CarlsonKatie helps employers make day-to-day decisions that are legally sound and that re...
Elise FesterElise counsels a wide variety of clients in the Health Care industry on regulatory...
Adam FreedAdam provides strategic advice to health care providers through all stage...
Randall HansonRandall is an associate in Dorsey’s health transactions and regulations practice group.
Alan IversonAlan is a litigator in Dorsey’s trial group with a focus on clients in...
Michael JenkinsMike serves clients in highly regulated industries, including health care and gam...
Carson LambCarson’s transactional practice focuses on aiding clients in navigating...
Jamie McCartyJamie counsels clients in the healthcare industry in connection with complex busi...
Neal N. PetersonNeal regularly advises clients regarding compliance with laws specific to the he...
Mara SandersMara regularly advises clients on matters of state and federal regulatory complia...
Vanessa J. SzalapskiAs an associate in the Trial Group, Vanessa serves clients in both federal and s...
Claire H. ToppClaire works in three diverse sectors – health care, tax exempt organizations,...