Health eSource September 2021

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Post COVID-19 Rollbacks in Telehealth Laws and Regulations Makes Compliance Difficult Across All Fifty States

By Anjali B. Dooley, Esq., MBA, and Erin Grant, Esq., MHA, The Innovators Law Firm

With the onset of COVID-19, monumental changes in healthcare ensued across the industry and within telehealth, specifically in telehealth delivery. In response to the declared national and state-level states of emergency declared, regulatory bodies..

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HIPAA’s Patient Right of Access: A Rule Whose Time Has Come

By Lynn M. Barrett, Esq. , CHC, CCP, Wachler & Associates, P.C., Weston, FL and Stephen S. Shaver. Esq., Wachler & Associates, P.C., Royal Oak, MI

Under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA or the Act),1 patients have a right to access and inspect their own protected health information (PHI).2 Like many aspects of healthcare law, however, the practical...

Health

Off Hold from the Pandemic: Global Medical Travel Set to Again Gain Momentum, Offer Multiple Benefits to Employers, Patients, and Providers

By David Boucher, MPH, FACHE, Aster DM Healthcare, UAE

Until COVID-19 hit, global medical travel had been growing as an industry for the last few decades. Defined as the practice of seeking medical treatment and care in another state, region, or country, people travel to gain greater, more timely...

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Medicare Advantage and False Claims Act Liability: The D.C. Circuit Weighs In on the Relationship (or Lack Thereof) Between Actuarial Equivalence and the Overpayment Rule

By Robert Rhoad, Esq., Andy Liu, Esq., and Haaleh Katouzian, Esq., Nichols Liu LLP, Washington, DC

In a much anticipated decision, the D.C. Circuit has weighed in on the relationship between actuarial equivalence and the Overpayment Rule in a False Claims Act (FCA) case involving Medicare Advantage.1 Its August 13, 2021, unanimous decision...

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COVID-19 Vaccines: Can Your Employee Purchase Evidence of a Sincerely Held Religious Belief on the Internet?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee whose sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance conflicts with a work requirement, unless providing the...