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06.15.22

Congress Releases Draft American Data Privacy and Protection Act

Last week, congressional leaders released a draft bipartisan bill that, if adopted, would establish the nation’s first comprehensive federal privacy law.  


05.31.22

Provider Obligations for Patient Portals Under the 21st Century Cures Act

When Congress prohibited “information blocking” under the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, it made no reference to patient portals. Similarly, the word “portal” does not appear in the 6,000-word information blocking regulation, issued by the Office of the National Coordinator ...


02.03.22

What’s Ahead for Federal Health Policy in 2022

As the Biden administration begins its second year in office, the administration remains focused on its core health policy agenda—advancing coverage, access and equity.


01.25.22

CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs

On January 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs proposed rule, representing CMS’ first major policy proposals for these programs in the Biden ...


10.28.21

Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably

Scientific advances in understanding how to manipulate genes to alter the course of disease are now starting to bear fruit.


07.19.21

Interoperability and Transparency Rules Usher in a New Era of Health Plan Data Obligations

After a six-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first provisions of the interoperability rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took effect on July 1.


07.09.20

A Shared Responsibility: Protecting Consumer Health Privacy in an Increasingly Connected World

As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information.


05.20.20

COVID-19: Remapping the Healthcare Privacy Landscape—Q&A

In our recent CLE-eligible webinar, Manatt Health explored the range of legal changes to healthcare privacy that the COVID-19 pandemic is driving, including both immediate effects and long-term consequences.


04.23.20

Key HIPAA Changes in Light of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly caused at least a temporary restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system.


04.17.20

OIG Accepts Inquiries Into Fraud and Abuse Compliance During COVID Emergency

The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly upended many aspects of the healthcare system, including enforcement of three important federal fraud and abuse laws: the physician self-referral law, commonly known as the “Stark law”; the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS); and a civil monetary penalty ...