On June 6, 2024, Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) released a letter requesting information from stakeholders on their 21st Century Cures initiative, a policy effort focused on medical research and health care transformation and reforms. With
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Australian Privacy Regulator Commences Penalty Proceedings Against Medibank
On 5 June 2024, the Australian Information Commissioner commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against Medibank Private Limited (an Australian health insurance provider) in relation to an October 2022 data breach.
On 25 October 2022, Medibank notified
Switching Data – A Potent Tonic for Obtaining CMA Clearance at Phase 1
Customer switching data is an important factor that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) considers when assessing the closeness of competition of merging parties. However, as the completed acquisition by Pharmacy2U Limited (Pharmacy2U) of Lloyds Direct demonstrates, switching data can
CMS Finalizes a New Rule to Require Extensive API Implementation and Quicker Turnaround for Prior Authorization Decisions: What Payers Should Know
On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule regarding interoperability and prior authorization (the “Rule”). CMS-0057-F. The Rule’s goals, according to CMS, are to facilitate the electronic exchange of health-care data,
Private Equity’s Involvement in Health Care Under Increasing Scrutiny
Private equity’s investment in healthcare has increased rapidly over the past decade, and this is now drawing attention from regulators. Signifying this increased scrutiny is a joint Request for Information (RFI) issued in March by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)
The Status of Non-Competes in Healthcare: How the FTC Rule and Other Recent Developments Affect Non-Competes for Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Practitioners
For healthcare providers and practitioners, the rules surrounding non-competition agreements have evolved rapidly over the last two years, and that evolution accelerated even more this month. Over the past 18 months, states and the federal government enacted several new laws
Are you Ready for Washington and Nevada’s Consumer Health Data Laws?
Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) and Nevada’s SB 370 (“NV CHD Law”) (collectively, “CHD Laws”) went into effect at the end of last month, on March 31, 2024 (as many know, MHMDA’s geofencing prohibition went into effect last
42 C.F.R. Part 2 Final Rule to Align with the HIPAA Privacy Rules
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued a Final Rule modifying the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations under 42 C.F.R. Part
President Biden Announces Groundbreaking Restrictions on Access to Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data by Countries of Concern
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued a groundbreaking executive order (EO) establishing the framework for new restrictions on transactions involving US persons’ sensitive personal data and “countries of concern,” including China, or related parties.
FEPA: the New Tool in the DOJ’s Fight Against Corruption
Members of our Government Investigations & White Collar team recently presented a timely webinar on the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). The Act, which has been referred to as “the most consequential anti-foreign-bribery law passed in almost 50 years,”