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Work Product Protection for Patient Safety Information Charles Kelly, MS, partner, at Saul Ewing LLP, will walk attendees through two important pieces of legislation that protect healthcare workers: the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, which ensures federal privilege and...
On December 2, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (“ OCR”) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“ SAMHSA”) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ NPRM”) to revise the Confidentiality of Substance Use...
Neither shots nor pills will immunize smaller medical, dental, chiropractic, and physical therapy practices, surgery centers, and other healthcare concerns from compliance with the looming (and burdensome) reporting obligations imposed on them if they are “reporting companies” under the federal...
Effective November 16, 2022, New Jersey will impose additional requirements when a ‘health care entity’ is sold or undergoes a change in control. The changes are the result of the enactment of S-315, on August 18, 2021. What You Need to Know: New Jersey enacted a statute that will impose additional...
Saul Ewing is a proud sponsor of the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) Capital Conference. PACT’s mission is to provide content and connections to capital, coaching, and customers and to collaborate with other organizations to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the...
The No Surprises Act (“NSA”) is a federal law that went into effect January 1, 2022. The NSA statute was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and has been implemented by three interim rule s jointly announced by the Office of Personnel Management within the Department of the...
October was National Cybersecurity Month. As part of its ongoing focus on HIPAA Security Rule awareness and compliance, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), published its HIPAA Security Rule Incident Procedures newsletter (the “Newsletter”)...
Agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regularly publish regulations and policy statements in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The Departments of Human Services, Health and Environmental Protection are among the agencies that are the most prolific document publishers. Administrative law...