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Current Page: Home About Contact Subscribe Search Close Enter Search Terms Search Health Care Law Matters Medical Practices Facilities Dental Practices Towfiqu barbhuiya , Unsplash Dental Practices , Health Care Providers , Medical Practices The CFPB’s Continued Spotlight on Medical Debt Emphasizes the Importance of Proper Provider Billing By Edward J. Cyran & Corey Scher on December 4, 2023 Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its 2023 Annual Report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which notes the CFPB’s activities and observations related to debt collection in 2022. The CFPB is continuing its trend of focusing its attention on medical debt. The CFPB… Continue Reading The CFPB’s Continued Spotlight on Medical Debt Emphasizes the Importance of Proper Provider Billing In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance By Terri Harris on November 29, 2023 On November 6, 2023, the HHS Office of Inspector General published a new compilation of… Continue Reading In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance The CFPB Considers Rules to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports: What does this Mean for Medical and Dental Providers? By Edward J. Cyran & Corey Scher on October 31, 2023 Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kicked off a rulemaking process that, if… Continue Reading The CFPB Considers Rules to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports: What does this Mean for Medical and Dental Providers? L.A. Care to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement Over HIPAA Violations: What You Need to Know By Aaron Black on September 28, 2023 Disregard your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act obligations at your own risk. That’s the… Continue Reading L.A. Care to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement Over HIPAA Violations: What You Need to Know Subscribe to Health Care Law Matters Subscribe to this blog The Latest Are We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just Ahead By Edward J. Cyran on May 3, 2023 This blog post was first published on the Fox HIPAA & Health Information Technology Blog. It covers a critical new rule proposed by the Office For Civil Rights to close … Continue Reading Are We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just Ahead Reduce Your Risk (And We’re Not Just Talking COVID-19 Vaccines) By Michael Burke on February 16, 2023 When COVID-19 was on the rise, ransomware attacks were right alongside it. A new investigation published in JAMA Health Forum found that ransomware attacks more than doubled in the last… Continue Reading Reduce Your Risk (And We’re Not Just Talking COVID-19 Vaccines) Is it Really Fraud? The Supreme Court Will Decide By Elizabeth Hampton on January 24, 2023 Two landmark cases fraught with False Claim Act (FCA”) allegations of fraudulent billing for prescription drugs against food and pharmacy chains are making their way from the Seventh Circuit to… Continue Reading Is it Really Fraud? The Supreme Court Will Decide Five Differences Between the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal Stark Law By Aaron Black on January 18, 2023 Physicians around the country are familiar with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS”) (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)) and the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law (Stark”)… Continue Reading Five Differences Between the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal Stark Law FTC Proposes Broad Rule Banning Non-Compete Covenants with Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers By Jonathan Schall on January 12, 2023 On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM”) which would broadly prohibit companies from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements or clauses… Continue Reading FTC Proposes Broad Rule Banning Non-Compete Covenants with Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers OCR Warns Covered Entities and Business Associates about Tracking Technology By Edward J. Cyran on December 5, 2022 On December 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Bulletin warning HIPAA covered entities and business associates about the use… Continue Reading OCR Warns Covered Entities and Business Associates about Tracking Technology Residential Healthcare Owners and Operators Beware: Department of Labor is Tackling Misclassification of Employees, Again By Richard Scharlat on June 23, 2022 Eleventh-Hour Trump Administration FLSA Classification Rule Revived Just when residential healthcare employers thought it was safe to get back into the classification waters, a late-stage Trump administration rule, Independent Contractor… Continue Reading Residential Healthcare Owners and Operators Beware: Department of Labor is Tackling Misclassification of Employees, Again Surprise: Long Term Care Providers Are Not Exempt from The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimate Requirement for Uninsured and Self-Pay Patients By Terri Harris on May 25, 2022 The federal No Surprises Act and interim final rules implementing the Act went into effect on January 1, 2022. Part I is aimed at reducing surprise bills” to patients in… Continue Reading Surprise: Long Term Care Providers Are Not Exempt from The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimate Requirement for Uninsured and Self-Pay Patients Should a Practice Engage a Dental Lawyer to Negotiate an Associate Employment Agreement? By Edward J. Cyran on May 23, 2022 When hiring an associate dentist, it is critical for a dental practice to have a strong and clear employment agreement. While practices often understand the importance of engaging a lawyer… Continue Reading Should a Practice Engage a Dental Lawyer to Negotiate an Associate Employment Agreement? View All Topics View All Posts About this Blog Fox Health Law attorneys follow the pulse of the health care industry in the United States. We have a comprehensive understanding of the needs of institutional health care providers, medical practices, dental practices, pharmacies, clinical laboratories and other industry players. 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