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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently settled four more investigations under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, which totals 11 settlements thus far.  In September, the OCR released a press release detailing its settlement of five additional actions under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. In the...

Fenton Law Group has been named a 2021 “Best Law Firm” in the areas of Health Care Law, Litigation – Healthcare, and Administrative/Regulatory Law by ... The post U.S. News & World Report Ranks Fenton Law Group as a 2021 “Best Law Firm” first appeared on Fenton Law Group.

Covered entities beware: a timing pitfall lurks within the recently adopted rules prohibiting information blocking.  We have posted about OCR’s “Right to Access Initiative” and numerous enforcement actions taken to make sure that covered entities respond to patient access requests in a timely manner.  The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires covered entities to respond to access...

Ben Fenton was recently interviewed by Lina Zeldovich for her Medical Bag article “Repealing the Affordable Care Act Could Hurt Physicians and Hospitals.” In the piece, ... The post Ben Fenton Featured in Medical Bag Article on the Affordable Care Act first appeared on Fenton Law Group.

Nick Jurkowitz was recently quoted in Jim Parker’s Hospice News article “U.S. Supreme Court May Hear Hospice FCA Case.” The article focuses on a False ... The post Nick Jurkowitz Quoted in Hospice News Article about False Claims Act Case first appeared on Fenton Law Group.

A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that all students be tested for COVID-19 before returning to class. The district provided families with an in-home saliva test and asked parents to collect their...