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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a proposed decision and order (Proposed Order) that, if approved, will settle claims brought in a complaint (Complaint) against telehealth provider Cerebral, Inc. [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy A federal judge has decided that plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over claims that the anti-nausea drug Zofran caused birth defects must pay GlaxoSmithKline $429,000 for costs incurred [...]

Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS - As strict lockdowns are loosened across Europe, and many EU citizens dream about holidays in the sun, the 27-nation bloc has yet to agree on [...]

WASHINGTON -- Today, the RWE Alliance submitted a substantial comment letter in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on using electronic health records (EHRs) and [...]

2021 MAR 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Telemedicine Law Weekly -- Data detailed on Information Technology - Electronic Medical Records have been presented. According to [...]

2021 FEB 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Patent Law Weekly -- A new study on electronic medical records is now available. According to news [...]

Under the Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule ('Schedule'), those injured in a motor vehicle accident are entitled to different levels of benefits according to the severity and classification of their impairments. [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a new set of HIPAA FAQs addressing the applicability of HIPAA to certain health apps and [...]

IntroductionThe increased digitalisation and rise of electronic health records (EHRs) is fast replacing the traditional paper records. In Nigeria, there remains a wide digital divide - health records are still [...]

My Health Record - Is it an IT relic of the past and 'not fit for this purpose'? The security of digital health information has been the subject of recent [...]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ('CMS') has issued a proposed rule (the 'Proposed Rule') that would overhaul the Medicare Shared Savings Program ('MSSP') for Accountable Care Organizations ('ACOs'). [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released interim guidance on sufficiency of authorizations for future uses or disclosures of protected health information (PHI) for research purposes. The [...]

It's promoted by the Government as the inevitable (and entirely necessary) future of healthcare: one central digital repository of all health records relating to each of us. It allows healthcare [...]

We're seeing a substantial increase in payer audits and false claims causes of action based on allegations that procedures and charges were not medically necessary. Historically, courts have been deferential [...]

Electronic medical records ('EMRs') have become vital to both hospitals and physician's practices. They are a secure, electronic version of a patients' medical history and often include all of the [...]

Sometimes, when challenging a will, it pays to run every possible argument - because you only have to succeed on one to achieve a positive outcome. But running bad arguments [...]

The government is focusing on opioids. Whether it be program policies, enforcement, or legislation, combating the opioid epidemic continues to be a major focus for government officials. It is also [...]

In the media Funding for research to prevent anxiety and depression The Australian Government has launched a new research hub focused on preventing anxiety and depression. The Hub will implement [...]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its proposed rules for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2019. As discussed below, the [...]

Back in late 2015, we blogged about the interesting twist in the $125 million Warner Chilcott settlement that a Massachusetts physician had been criminally charged with violating the Health Insurance [...]

The federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released The Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records to provide patients, or their caregivers, with [...]

The Notice of Proposed Rule-making (NPRM) on 42 CFR Part 2, the confidentiality law applying to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records, is good news for researchers, and almost good [...]

Virginia has made strides to expand the telehealth offerings available to its residents and the Old Dominion took another step forward advancing telemedicine when it enacted a bill amending Virginia [...]

Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its 2016 Work Plan, summarizing new and ongoing reviews for the [...]

Byline: Jayne O'Donnell, @JayneODonnell, USA TODAY The federal government is rewarding doctors and hospitals for moving to electronic health records -- and will soon punish them if they don't -- [...]

Breaches of Health Privacy: Role of Professional Regulatory Colleges The transition from paper-based patient records to electronic patient records appears to be resulting in an increase in privacy breaches by [...]