Data is rapidly becoming one of the most valuable assets in the healthcare market, putting digital health companies that collect and process large amounts of personal data at higher risk than many other types of businesses. If you have a healthcare business, then you’ll want to keep reading…
Read MoreNixon Law Group’s Partner, Rebecca Gwilt, was quoted extensively in an article appearing in Home Health Care News regarding her views on the legal case for home health telehealth reimbursement.
Read MoreFor nearly two years, digital healthcare companies and data brokers from across the country have been preparing to comply with California’s newest data privacy law—the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). Companies are making determinations about the applicability of this law to their operations, developing inventories of the types of consumer information they collect, and implementing operational and procedural changes in order to comply with the requirements of the law’s requirements. For those companies whose operations are not subject to the CCPA law, some have determined that it may be a strategic advantage to voluntarily adhere to some of the CCPA’s requirements, as they are likely to be adopted by other states (and even the Federal Government) as privacy legislation continues to proliferate. If you are a digital healthcare company or healthcare data broker and you’ve not initiated these conversations within your company, now is the time.
Read MoreHospitals and medical device manufacturers will both benefit from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) finalization of the 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) scheduled to be published on August 16, 2019. In an effort to increase Medicare beneficiaries’ access to innovative medical technologies, CMS has finalized certain changes to the “new technology add-on payment” “(NTAP) application and payment processes under the Final Rule. This change is likely to encourage hospital adoption of new technologies, which is intended to spur innovation and additional investment in these technologies.
Read MoreOn July 29, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its proposed rule for the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the “2020 MPFS”).
Read MoreRemote patient monitoring providers have known the benefits of RPM, including better outcomes for patients and lower overall cost of care, for awhile now. But with innovations in technology and CMS’ move to allow separate reimbursement for RPM bring incredible opportunities for health care technology companies and providers alike. Read more on Digital Health Today.
Read MoreWe like to find interesting tips and tricks to help our clients improve their health data security. This infographic from Inspired eLearning on "phishing" schemes covers the most common types of phishing attacks, including via email, phone call, text message, or USB baiting. Read on to learn about how these attacks can occur, common statistics, and prevention tips.
Read MoreBy building compliance processes into your internal structure, audits can be completed faster and can bring to light information that is beneficial for both your customers and employees. Here are seven tips to prepare for a healthcare compliance audit.
Read MoreNixon Law Group's managing partner, Carrie Nixon, is featured on this month's Health IT Trends Buzz podcast by the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA). Click here to listen!
Read MoreOstendio, a leading provider of cybersecurity and risk management solutions, today announced that they have partnered with Nixon Law Group, a boutique healthcare law firm headquartered in Virginia, to make it easier for organizations to comply with the ever-changing healthcare privacy regulatory requirements. This partnership brings together a leading-edge software platform with top-tier healthcare attorneys to help organizations better navigate the highly regulated healthcare industry.
Read MoreOn May 25, 2018, European law officially enforced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR was created to protect the personal data of EU citizens. This article examines two GDPR-compliant encryption methods in this article: standard encryption and pseudonymization.
Read MoreOn December 28, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Memorandum (the “Memo”), effective immediately, that represents a clear change to previous guidance on the use of SMS Text Messaging or “texting” by healthcare providers to transmit patient information to other providers that are part of a patient’s care team.
Read MoreThe Cures Act is aimed at modernizing and personalizing healthcare by encouraging innovation and streamlining the process for discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments and technologies to those suffering from illness. Importantly, the legislation provides for significant funding to advance these goals, to the tune of $4.8 billion to the National Institutes of Health ("NIH"), $500 million to the Food & Drug Administration ("FDA"), and $1 billion in grants to states for opioid abuse prevention and treatment. This article will provide an overview of key components of the Cures Act and highlight implications for the future of healthcare.
Read MoreEarlier this year, a federally qualified health center, Metro Community Provider Network (“MCPN”) paid a $400,000 HIPAA breach penalty related to a 2011 phishing attack. In this attack, several MCPN employees had their email accounts hacked by a phisher who was able to gain access to about 3,200 individuals’ PHI.
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently accepting requests from medical software developers to participate in a precertification pilot program that is scheduled to begin September 1, 2017. The program is aimed at developing precertification criteria for software companies that would allow approved companies to engage in a streamlined premarket review process for certain digital health products. The FDA will accept up to nine participants for the pilot program, which the Agency says will include both large, established software developers and small startup companies.
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