Review this practice note from Akerman LLP partners Elizabeth F. Hodge and Jordan T. Cohen to understand how healthcare organizations leverage the value of the individually identifiable health data in their possession for various purposes (e.g., to improve patient...
Expand your organization’s compliance policy library with this template from Lexis Practical Guidance – Healthcare, which provides direction to healthcare organizations and their workforce members regarding the procedure for reporting and providing...
PBMs Driving Up Prescription Drug Prices The three largest pharmacy benefit managers—CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group—often “steer patients toward pricier drugs, charge steep markups on what would otherwise be inexpensive medicines and...
Hospital Cost Transparency Bill Advances in PA The Pennsylvania House Health Committee approved a bill ( HB 2339 ) that would require hospitals to publish a list of the standard costs for all of their services on their website. It would also prohibit hospitals...
Get up to speed on physician compensation methodologies and the legal parameters that govern physician compensation structures. Balance productivity with cost containment, as well as productivity with cooperation, in structuring compensation arrangements between...
FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Use of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD An advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration rejected the use of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Among other things the panelists raised concerns...
Check out Lexis Practical Guidance – Healthcare’s 12th State Law Comparison Tool (SLCT) Topic: Ambulatory Surgery Center Licensing, which covers all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Consult this SLCT topic for information on state statutes and...
Understand the fundamentals of Washington's My Health My Data Act, Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §§ 19.373.005–19.373.900, which took full effect on March 31, 2024. Review how the state legislature defined ''consumer health data.'' Counsel...
LA County Launching Ambitious Plan to Address Medical Debt Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health has developed an ambitious plan to address the problem of medical debt, which impacted one in ten, or about 810,000, residents of the county and...
Review statutes and regulations governing privacy and confidentiality of patient information in clinical trials involving drugs, medical devices, and other life sciences products. Counsel your healthcare organization clients on the Health Insurance Portability...
AL Enacts Bill Allowing Off-Label Medical Treatment Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed a bill ( SB 72 )—passed unanimously by both legislative chambers—that bars the state’s Board of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission from taking...
Incorporate this new policy and procedure template into your healthcare organization’s compliance program. Review with your healthcare organization clients their policies on workforce interaction with news media representatives. Ensure your clients’...
Bills Dealing with Psychedelics, Nurses and Breast Exam Insurance Coverage Near Enactment in AK Alaska’s Senate passed a pair of health care bills that originated in the House ( HB 228 and HB 237 ), sending them to Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R). A third health...
Add this template to your clients’ existing contract lifecycle management processes. This template provides a request form to be used by all members of a healthcare organization's workforce when requesting any contract involving the organization. This...
Get a summary of—and insight into—OIG’s recently released General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) in this practice note from Lynn M. Barrett of Barrett Law, PA. Learn how the GCPG updates and consolidates previous OIG guidance into a single...