The American Hospital Association announced Nov. 2 that it filed a lawsuit against the Office for Civil Rights related to the agency's guidance "Use of Online Tracking Technologies...

The letter would come from the Medicare administrative contractor who processes the Medicare Part B claims for the particular clinician or group of clinicians.

Multiple provisions of President Joe Biden's Executive Order draw specific board interest and confirm the overall need for health care boards to formalize...

As we have been reporting, food-product makers have been the subject of various types of unfair advertising or competition claims ...

The Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana (MAMM), one of California's oldest lawful marijuana dispensaries, won a major victory against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in October.

On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published the "Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients".

The Illinois legislature recently passed new antitrust legislation ("HB2222") that will require advance notice to the Attorney General for health care facilities...

Effective Nov. 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements by long-term care facilities.

On October 3, 2014, the OIG published a favorable proposed rule that would make changes to the anti-kickback and civil monetary penalties regulations.

According to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, more and more patients are embracing access to their medical records through the use of online portals and smartphone apps.

Halifax Health, a 582-bed hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla., announced it tentatively settled alleged violations of the Stark Law for $85 million.

Amendments to the CLIA and HIPAA regulations give patients, upon request, the right to direct access to a HIPAA-covered laboratory’s completed test reports.

On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") announced that Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C. ("Phoenix"), a five-physician Arizona cardiology practice, has entered a resolution agreement related to allegations that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA").

As if data privacy and HIPAA concerns were not enough for health care entities to fret over, enter another data threat that has already caught many health care systems off guard – ransomware attacks.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS") released proposed rules regarding medical cannabis facilities on March 15, 2019.

The HIPAA Omnibus Rule, enacted last year, made a number of changes to the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules.

On Oct. 27, 2015, the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys was held at Navy Pier in Chicago. Hundreds of health care attorneys attended, including several from Thompson Coburn.

For several months, the food and agriculture industries have speculated on how the federal government will regulate the process (and products) of cell-cultured animal cells. Last week, we got,

Below are some relevant excerpts that detail how the FPA has been used in health care cases.

The Founders established Executive Session in Article II, Section II of the Constitution, and it is a process that is unique to the Senate. Guidelines for the different categories of Executive Sessions...