This articles discusses the ongoing legal, ethical, and social debate regarding the role, if any, to afford personal privacy in a globalized and electronic public health surveillance system during a pandemic response.
This is a sample HIPAA policy.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been quite active. Attend this session to learn more about the most recent changes in the law (stark, off-campus hospital services, etc.) and what in-house counsel can look forward to in the year ahead.
'First Aid for Pharma' is intended for United Kingdom pharmaceutical companies that wish to continue to operate within the European Union structure should the UK choose to leave the EU.
This sample form has specific application for parties entering a health services agreement. For instance, it considers the treatment of protected health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Health Law and Employment & Labor eGroups, addresses the process of terminating an employee and the legal department's role in that process. The issues discussed include: 1) Company Checklist for Terminating an Employee, 2)When/How Legal Department Is Involved in Terminations, and 3) Legal Department Checklist.
The purpose of this summary is to briefly describe the doctrine referred to as the “corporate practice of medicine” and to identify certain key considerations that a contract drafter should take into account when preparing or analyzing a health care contract or arrangement that may implicate state corporate practice of medicine prohibitions/limitations.
An opinion piece on tax subsidies and credits with regarding to ACA.
“Risk management” has just been added to your job description. Surprised? In today’s corporate environment, understanding how to identify, analyze and mitigate risk is essential for any in-house counsel. Learn the basics and check out the example using compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA").