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Health Care
- Federal District Court Vacates Portion of OCR Guidance on Online Tracking – Kristen Rosati (June 30, 2024)
- The Eagle Has Landed: How the CARES Act Final Rule is Changing 42 CFR Part 2 Compliance for Health Care Providers, Health Plans and Health Information Networks/Exchange – Melissa Soliz and Katherine Hyde (April 15, 2024)
- Coppersmith Briefs – OCR Clarifies Guidance on Online Tracking – Kristen Rosati and Erin Dunlap (April 2, 2024)
- IBR Enforcement is Here: What the Proposed HHS Disincentives Rule Means for Health Care Providers and the Final OIG CMP Rule Means for Health IT Developers and HIN/HIEs – Melissa Soliz and Benjamin Yeager (December 5, 2023)
- OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Confirming the Broad Scope of the Anti-Kickback Statute’s Employment Safe Harbor – Marki Stewart (October 16, 2023)
- Making Improvements?: ONC’s Proposed Enhancements to the Information Blocking Rule (HTI-1) – Melissa Soliz (May 1, 2023)
- Expanded CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Requirements: What Payers, Providers and their Technology Vendors Need to Know – Melissa Soliz and edited by Viki Prescott (February 7, 2023)
- Has the Eagle Landed?: HHS’ Proposed Changes to 42 CFR Part 2 to Align Substance Use Disorder Privacy Protections with HIPAA – Melissa Soliz and Benjamin Yeager (December 28, 2022)
- Reproductive Health Information Privacy in a Post-Roe World – Kristen Rosati and Melissa Soliz (July 26, 2022)
- New Peer Review Decisions Confirm Basic Principles and Answer Some Questions – Karen Owens (April 1, 2022)
- What You Need to Know About TEFCA: The Common Agreement – Mel Soliz (Updated April 4, 2022)
- New Legislation Makes Telehealth More Accessible in Arizona – Marki Stewart (June 24, 2021)
- Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – An Operational Perspective – Erin Dunlap, Kristen Rosati and Melissa Soliz (Updated March 9, 2021)
- CMS Proposed Expansion of Interoperability Requirements for Impacted Payers – Melissa Soliz (December 28, 2020)
- Just in Time Delay: ONC Extends Information Blocking Compliance Deadline to April 5, 2021 – Melissa Soliz and Kristen Rosati (October 29, 2020)
- Regulatory Changes to Substance Use Disorder Privacy Law – Melissa Soliz (July 17, 2020)
- OCR Guidance on Contacting COVID-19 Survivors about Blood Donation – Kristen Rosati and Viki Prescott (July 7, 2020)
- Update: New FDA Guidance on Clinical Trials During COVID-19 Pandemic – Kristen Rosati and Amanda Coulter (May 31, 2020)
- Update: ADHS Issues Guidance on Re-Starting Elective Surgeries – Karen Owens (April 29, 2020)
- OIG Penalties for Information Blocking – Melissa Soliz (April 27, 2020)
- Antitrust Enforcers Weigh in on COVID-19 – Karen Owens (April 23, 2020)
- New Executive Order Sets Forth Conditions for Reinstatement of Elective Surgeries – Karen Owens (April 23, 2020)
- OHRP and FDA Guidance on Clinical Trials during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Kristen Rosati and Amanda Coulter (April 22, 2020)
- Arizona Medical and PA Boards Act to Make Licensure Easier for COVID-19 – Karen Owens (April 16, 2020)
- COVID-19 TCPA Emergency Exception for Robocalls and Texts from Health Care Providers and Government Officials – Melissa Soliz and Erin Dunlap (April 16, 2020)
- Suspension of HIPAA Enforcement for COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites – Kristen Rosati (April 16, 2020)
- The “Good Samaritan” Executive Order: Declaration of Good Faith Immunity for Providers Supporting the Emergency Response – Karen Owens (April 16, 2020)
- New and Improved: Arizona Health Profession Boards Respond to COVID-19– Karen Owens and Marki Stewart (April 16, 2020)
- New and Improved: Updated State and Federal Telemedicine Laws in the Era of COVID-19 – Marki Stewart and Scott Bennett (April 16, 2020)
- CMS and OIG Relax Requirements of Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute during COVID-19 Crisis – Scott Bennett and Marki Stewart (April 9, 2020)
- OCR Waives HIPAA BAA Requirements to Participate in Public Health and Health Oversight Activities – Erin Dunlap and Melissa Soliz (April 2, 2020)
- Waiver of Government Impediments to Expansion of Beds, Structures, and Workforce: Where Things Stand Today – Karen Owens (April 1, 2020)
- COVID-19 and Clinical Trials: Considerations for Sites and Investigators – Kristen Rosati and Amanda Coulter (March 31, 2020)
- Communicating with First Responders about Patient COVID-19 Status – Kristen Rosati, Melissa Soliz and Erin Dunlap (March 31, 2020)
- Communicating with Health Care Employees about Patient COVID-19 Status – Kristen Rosati, Erin Dunlap and Melissa Soliz (March 30, 2020)
- The CARES Act: Sweeping Changes to Substance Use Disorder Privacy Law (42 USC 290dd-2) – Melissa Soliz and Kristen Rosati (March 30, 2020)
Business/Employment
- Recreational Marijuana and the Arizona Workplace – Jill Chasson (February 2021)
- Temporary Form I-9 Flexibility in the Wake of COVID-19 – Jill Chasson (April 15, 2020)
- CARES Act Loan Aid for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses – Kent Brockelman, Jill Chasson, Vidula Patki and Marvin Ruth (April 9, 2020)
- CARES Act Expands Unemployment Insurance Benefits – Kent Brockelman, Jill Chasson and Vidula Patki (April 1, 2020)
- Department of Labor Guidance Re: the FFCRA – Kent Brockelman and Jill Chasson (March 27, 2020)
- The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: A Summary for Employers – Kent Brockelman and Jill Chasson (March 19, 2020)