The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced on October 12 that Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC, based in Millburn, NJ, will pay a $495,000 penalty for allegedly violating HIPAA and state law by failing to implement appropriate cybersecurity
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Maybe Tax the Rich, but Not The Conversion of S corps into Partnerships – What Gives?
Tax the Rich?
A few days ago, an opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal[i] began as follows:
“President Biden’s effort to pass the largest tax increase in U.S. history is based on the verifiably false claim
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Gifts, Sales and Effective Dates: The Race Against the Clock the Taxpayer Cannot See
What A Week
It was quite a week, wasn’t it?
Manchin
Senator Manchin continued to attract a lot of attention.
To the dismay of his fellow Democrats, the West Virginian – who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
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OCR Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccination Disclosures and HIPAA
On September 30, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it issued guidance to clarify that the HIPAA Privacy Rule does not prohibit businesses from asking customers, clients or employees to disclose
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Tax Hikes, Senator Manchin, and Effective Dates – OH MY!
September 2021
What was your month like?
If you’re a transactional professional – a class in which I include those who advise clients on the purchase and sale of businesses and investment assets, as well as those who assist clients
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COVID-19 Designated as a Communicable Disease under New York HERO Act
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York Commissioner of Health had designated COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to public health under the New York HERO
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HHS Awards $954 Million to Health Centers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $954 million to 1,292 community health centers across the U.S. for capital improvements. The funds, to be provided by HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the American
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FTC Warns Health Apps on Data Breach Notification
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a policy statement confirming that vendors of apps and other connected devices that collect personal health information, such as glucose levels, heart rate, or fertility or sleep data, are subject to the FTC’s
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Welcome!
Rivkin Rounds has been “YOUR PRESCRIBED DOSE OF HEALTH LAW NEWS” on Rivkin Radler’s website and in social media for almost three years, but today we graduate to LexBlog and our own URL! I’ve been condensing healthcare industry doings into
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Grantor Trusts on the Precipice?
Where Are We?
Have you seen the Triumvirate of late? No, not Julius, Pompey, and Crassus.[i] I’m referring to more contemporary political figures, whose names and exploits are not likely to appear in volumes[ii] that will be studied
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