#ghostbusters in Bethesda this morning

Technology companies supporting check in require a patient to check the box without giving them the notice. @HHSOCR should put out guidance stating that this widespread practice is non-compliant.

Really?! The point of the HIPAA notice is to provide notice. The point of the acknowledgement of receipt of notice is to ensure the patient has actually received it. We can debate the policy but if a patient is asked to acknowledge receipt then the provider MUST give it to them!

HHS event to operationalize #TEFCA - a governance framework for health information exchange. @ONC_HealthIT has been working on health information governance for over a decade.

On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). Read more:

The FTC has taken a number of actions this year against healthcare apps based on data practices that FTC alleges are a violation of federal law. This area is heating up! Read more:

On May 17, the FTC announced an enforcement action against Illinois-based Easy Healthcare Corporation. Read more by Crowell's Jodi Daniel, Brandon Ge, and Allison Kwon:

On May 16, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing titled “Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence.” Read more:

Another #FTC enforcement action against a mobile health app. Ovulation Tracking App-Premom- Barred from Sharing Health Data for Advertising Under Proposed FTC Order.

Summary of FDA guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials by me and @caraet on the new @CrowellHealth blog. #decentralizedclinicaltrials #dct #fda.

ICYMI- Check out our PODCAST on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (#TEFCA) to learn about nationwide health information exchange efforts. with our hosts Joe Records and Payal Nanavati, and guests Erica Galvez, Nichole Sweeney and Jay…

ONC is moving forward with policies to promote nationwide health data sharing. Read more in our Crowel Health Solutions blog (by CHS Eunice Lalanne, and Arielle Carani) and check out our podcast (linked in the blog) to hear from Erica Galvez, Nichole…

Wow! An incredible performance and great messages by @fatjoe @FrencHMonTanA @BustaRhymes @rickross305 on the importance of healthcare price transparency! Amazing event last night by @PowertoPatnts —bringing together policy makers, advocates and patients.

Great collaborating with Anne Li, Jurgen Figys and Wietse Vanpoucke to explore the mobile health applications landscape and the government regulatory response in the U.S. and the EU. Read more in @HCBizToday:

Crowell & Moring International is expanding its capabilities focused on global health systems innovation and health financing with a team of three senior health policy professionals. Looking forward to working with these great women!

Joe Records comments in @modrnhealthcr about the rise in fraud related to the Medicaid redeterminations process. Read more:

Thanks to MobiHealthNews for covering my fireside chat at #HIMSS23 about the policy landscape for digital health and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

RT @MobiHealthNews: Policy landscape for digital health changed 'overnight' after COVID-19 #DigitalHealth.

HHS proposed changes to #HIPAA to increase privacy protections for reproductive health information. Would prohibit many disclosures for criminal, civil, or admin investigations in connection with reproductive HC services.