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02.08.21

COVID 19 and Community Behavioral Health Care

The COVID‑19 pandemic has created immense challenges for California’s community-based behavioral health care system and the people it serves.


11.30.20

HHS Finalizes Anti-Kickback and Stark Reforms that Simplify Compliance and Promote Value-Based Care

On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules that finalize sweeping reforms to the regulations governing fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


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.


04.06.20

HHS Grants New Flexibility for Business Associates to Use PHI for Public Health and Health Oversight

On April 2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a public notice (the Notice) stating that the department will not impose penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) on business associates that use or disclose protected health ...


03.19.20

HHS Issues COVID-19 HIPAA Waivers

On March 17, HHS exercised its waiver authority under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act to waive several administrative obligations imposed on hospitals under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.


01.27.20

New Webinar: Re-Mapping the Fraud and Abuse Landscape: Understanding Proposed Reforms

In October 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two proposed rules that include some of the most significant changes in at least a decade to the regulations governing fraud and abuse in federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.


12.17.19

HHS Proposes New Anti-Kickback and Stark Protections for Value-Based Care

In October 2019 the Department of Health Human Services HHS released two rules that propose sweeping reforms to the regulations governing fraud and abuse in federal healthcare programs including Medicare and Medicaid


12.17.19

Guidance for Complying With the ONC/HHS Information Blocking Rule

Earlier this year, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed rules implementing the information blocking prohibition in the 21st Century Cures Act.


11.19.19

Preparing for the ONC/HHS Information Blocking Rule

Earlier this year, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed rules implementing the information blocking prohibition in the 21st Century Cures Act.