by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Jul 13, 2022 | Health Care Law
Recent Department of Health and Human Services guidance affirmed and encouraged telehealth care beyond the current Public Health Emergency by laying out some key HIPAA security considerations. Mitigating the environmental risks for the covered entity and...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Apr 1, 2022 | Health Care Law
HIPAA Enforcement actions have been paused during Covid-19 but will soon be up and going. In 2021, 14 cases were resolved with payment by the provider. The compliance issues most often alleged in complaints lodged with the Office of Civil Rights were...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Mar 4, 2022 | Health Care Law
Where do you go if you have Medicare-related questions? Many of us in the real world must keep abreast of changes in billing systems, and Medicare is one of the primary payers for many practices. A great place to get information is through Medicare Manuals....
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Feb 1, 2022 | Health Care Law
During the COVD-19 pandemic, there has been tremendous growth in and use of telehealth offerings by patients and practitioners. Telehealth, a general term used to refer to a wide range of synchronous, remote interactions between patient and practitioner, has...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Jan 14, 2022 | Health Care Law
On January 1, 2022, the federal No Surprises Act went into effect, intended to reduce “surprise bills” being sent to patients for services rendered at hospitals and surgery centers, as well as physicians providing services at those facilities. These...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Jan 5, 2022 | Health Care Law
The government issued guidance on December 21, 2021, on permitting healthcare providers to disclose protected health information (PHI) for the purpose of extreme risk protection orders and to prevent someone from accessing firearms in a mental health crisis....
