Topic
Patient Access
26 published works
Health Law Rx
Georgia Widely Expands Patient Access to More Potent Medical Cannabis but Remains Smokeless
The "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act" (Senate Bill 220 or the Act) brought sweeping changes to the state's medical cannabis program on July 1, 2026, significantly expanding what had been…
Budding Trends
Doctor’s Orders: What Schedule III Means for Patient Access and Healthcare Facilities
By Slates C. Veazey, Anne Snell
This is the eighth of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends…
Duane Morris Life Sciences Law
FDA Launches the TEMPO Pilot for Digital Health Devices to Improve Patient Access to Technologies
By Duane Morris
By Vicki G. Norton, Ph.d., Frederick R. Ball and Victoria (Tori) Hawekotte The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes (TEMPO) for Digital Health Devices…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
HHS Continues Focus on Access Rights by Announcing Crackdown on Information Blocking
By Roma Patel
In August, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published guidance relating to individuals’ rights to access their protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA. As we covered in our earlier blog…
BioSlice Blog
The UK Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) to enter a new era
By Arnold & Porter, Eleri Abreo, Mimi Simmons
The current version of the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) was first launched by the UK government in January 2021, shortly after the Brexit transition period came to an…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Interoperability and Its Impact on Payors
By Karen Mandelbaum, Patricia (Trish) M. Wagner
Only a few days remain before the enforcement delay that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exercised due to COVID-19 will end and the agency will require certain…
Healthcare Law Insights
New Rules Promotes Patient Access to Personal Healthcare Information
By Bruce Arnold
Two new federal rules will make it easier for consumers to access, use and transmit their personal healthcare information using an app on their smartphone or tablet. The regulations implement…
Healthcare Law Blog
Strategies in Responding to COVID-19: Expanding Scope of Practice to Increase Patient Access to Healthcare
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and our health system is pushed to and beyond capacity, lawmakers and stakeholders are assessing different ways to handle the incredible volume of patients suddenly…
Health Law
Compliance Reference Chart for ONC and CMS Interoperability Rules
Last week, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized long-awaited regulations on Interoperability and Patient Access (the “CMS Rule”) to require Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid and Children’s Health…
Data Counsel
New HHS Rules Give Patients ‘Unprecedented’ Digital Access to Their Own Health Data but May Put Privacy at Risk
By Stefanie Ferrari, Sara Goldstein
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued what it calls “transformative” rules that will govern how healthcare providers, insurers and technology vendors must design their…