By Jessie Bekker / Las Vegas Review-JournalDecember 20, 2018 – 6:20 pm UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is dropping plans to purchase the DaVita Medical Group physician clinics in Nevada after the Federal Trade Commission investigated the deal’s compliance with antitrust regulations. DaVita, in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, indicated that while Optum will […]
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Colorado hospital failed to terminate former employee’s access to electronic protected health information
Pagosa Springs Medical Center (PSMC) has agreed to pay $111,400 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. PSMC is a critical […]
Florida contractor physicians’ group shares protected health information with unknown vendor without a business associate agreement
December 4, 2018 Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) has agreed to pay $500,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security […]
Allergy practice pays $125,000 to settle doctor’s disclosure of patient information to a reporter November 26, 2018
Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (Allergy Associates), has agreed to pay $125,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Allergy Associates is a […]
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Azar says new mandatory oncology pay model is coming
By Virgil Dickson | November 8, 2018 The CMS plans to unveil a mandatory Medicare payment model for cancer patients, and two new voluntary models for cardiac care in the coming weeks, said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. That means the Trump administration is reversing course from its prior stance that all payment models which put providers […]
Nutile Law recognized in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2019 list
Washington, D.C. – U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the ninth consecutive year, collaboratively announce the release of the “Best Law Firms” rankings. 2019 marks the third consecutive year that Nutile Law has been included in the “Best Law Firms” rankings, for Health Care Law Tier 1 recognition. Firms included in the 2019 Edition of […]
Anthem Pays OCR $16 Million in Record HIPAA Settlement Following Largest U.S. Health Data Breach in History
October 15, 2018 Anthem, Inc. has agreed to pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and take substantial corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules after a series of cyberattacks led to […]
BREAKING NEWS: HHS Unveils Plan To Force Drug Price Disclosure In Ads
By Jeff Overley Law360 (October 15, 2018, 4:33 PM EDT) The Trump administration on Monday unveiled its proposal to require disclosure of drug prices in pharmaceutical advertisements, a controversial move likely to draw a legal challenge from the pharmaceutical industry. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlined its plan in a 45-page proposed rule […]