Practice: Health Law
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Health Law
Suit Filed Against Feds Over CMS Risk Adjustment Formula
- September 12, 2016
- By Allen & Gooch
On July 29, 2016, Minuteman Health Inc. filed suit in Massachusetts against the federal government, naming, as defendants, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the heads of both agencies. The suit alleges that the risk adjustment formula used to calculate which insurance companies have […]
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Health Law
Access to Better Care Act to Reduce Deductibles for Managing Chronic Illness
- August 15, 2016
- By Allen & Gooch
The Access to Better Care Act of 2016, H.R. 5652, is currently sitting in the Congressional Ways and Means Committee. Introduced by Representatives Diane Black (R-TN) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) on July 7, 2016, with bi-partisan and industry support, this bill seeks to change insurance coverage related to care of chronic disease. The bill seeks […]
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Health Law
Should your law firm sign a “Business Associate Agreement” at the request of a healthcare provider client? — Under new HIPAA regulations, it probably has no choice.
- August 29, 2014
- By Allen & Gooch
Law Firms With Access to PHI are Business Associates Under new HIPAA rules, law firms with access to protected health information (“PHI”) most likely qualify as “business associates.” Pursuant to 45 CFR §160.103, a business associate is a non-employee of a covered entity who performs legal, actuarial, accounting, billing, administrative, accreditation, financial or similar services […]
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Health Law
Both HIPAA and the FTC Apply to Digitally Stored Personal Information
- March 5, 2014
- By Allen & Gooch
In the ever-expanding field of health care law, the last thing health care entities and practitioners need is another agency creating rules and regulations that they must comply with, but that is exactly what has happened. FTC Act Compliance Now Required Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) refused to dismiss claims against LabMD Inc. […]