President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 (the “EO”) that will lead to required COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. This covers approximately 50,000 health care providers across the country.
The EO also triggers COVID-19 vaccination requirements for many of these health care
HIPAA has been around for a quarter century, but confusion continues as to its scope and applicability. The COVID pandemic, surge in Delta variant cases, and increasing number of employer and government vaccine mandates has triggered a new wave of interest in other people’s’ vaccination status. Many people are surprised to learn that HIPAA does
A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that all students be tested for COVID-19 before returning to class. The district provided families with an in-home saliva test and asked parents to collect their
The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) provided guidance in June that reassured covered entity health care providers and that it is generally OK to use or disclose protected health information (PHI) to contact individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 for case management and care coordination.
The OCR
The following post is adapted from an article written by Fox Rothschild attorneys Wayne Pinksone and Lucy Li, available here.
OSHA recently published guidance for “nonessential businesses” that are intending to reopen and allow their employees to return to work. This guidance is intended to supplement the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department
From Fox Rothschild’s Privacy Compliance & Data Security blog
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has offered tips for data protection during the COVID-19 crisis.
A joint Alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of new cyber attacks targeting COVID-19-related information.
Notably, these attacks succeed when system users have weak or common passwords. NCSC published frequently found passwords here, many of which are
Fox Rothschild LLP partner Beth Larkin listened to the HHS Office for Civil Rights 4/24/20 webinar (which should be posted on its website at some point) regarding HIPAA and COVID-19 and took notes. Here’s my summary of key points, based on Beth’s notes:
Overview: OCR stresses that the HIPAA Rules are supposed to be balanced
The New York Attorney General has issued a warning to healthcare providers, hospitals, and other organizations within the health supply chain that cyber criminals are using targeted COVID-19 phishing emails and texts to gain access to sensitive information. Multiple reports indicate that scammers are sending emails and texts to get a recipient to click on
By Margaret J. Davino, Salvatore J. Russo and Nawa A. Lodin
In the Medicare Telemedicine Healthcare Provider Fact Sheet published March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) broadened access to Medicare telehealth services to allow Medicare patients to receive more services from their doctors without travel to a health care