On March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published Guidance and a list of FAQs related to the provision of telehealth
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Medicare and OCR Relax Telehealth Rules Under Medicare and HIPAA
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…
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A Movement to Consider: Telepsychiatry in New York State
In a post on February 28, Fox associate Kristen Marotta discussed the privacy and security issues arising from the growing use of telemedicine, particularly for mental health treatment. Now…
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Perks and Tips for the Recent Medical Graduate: Telemedicine and HIPAA
Kristen Marotta writes:
Many believe that educated millennials are choosing to work in urban, rather than rural areas, during their early career due to societal milestones being steadily pushed…
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Will the New Administration Trump Efforts to Forecast 2017 Healthcare Trends?
As she has done in January for several years, our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch quoted my partner Elizabeth Litten and me in Medical Practice Compliance Alert in her article…
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Medical Device, “Heal Thyself” from Data Hacking
Innovative health care-related technology and developing telemedicine products have the potential for dramatically changing the way in which health care is accessed. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) grappled…
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