K&L Gates Health Care Triage
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Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals has been created by K&L Gates to convey information about developments in health law through this podcast. The K&L Gates Health Care Practice will regularly create Triage episodes to help you learn about the latest developments in health law. Our lawyers will identify the..
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
2w ago
In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Stephen Page, and Sarah Staples-Carlton discuss an old health care regulatory doctrine that has new relevance in a post-COVID world, where the delivery of care via telemedicine and other remote models has become heavily adopted: Corporate Practice of Medicine, or “CPOM.” As more and more health care companies look for innovative ways to deliver healthcare, it can be easy for seasoned healthcare professionals and newcomers alike to discount or dismiss CPOM. While on its face it is a straightforward prohibition, it is important to understand the do ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
3w ago
In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving our nation’s health care providers have precipitously risen in the past five years. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reports a nearly 300% increase in large data breaches that involve ransomware reported to OCR from 2018 to 2022. Interoperability remains a major government priority, and as remote care models continue to proliferat ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
1M ago
In this two-part Triage series, Gina Bertolini, Sarah Carlins, and Jianne McDonald analyze two recent HHS initiatives that address cybersecurity risks to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Cybersecurity events involving our nation’s health care providers have precipitously risen in the past five years. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reports a nearly 300% increase in large data breaches that involve ransomware reported to OCR from 2018 to 2022. Interoperability remains a major government priority, and as remote care models continue to proliferat ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
1M ago
In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer, Michael Hinckle, and Elisabeth Lewis summarize FDA regulatory developments from 2023 and what to expect in 2024 as it relates to clinical research. They discuss the significance of the decentralized clinical trials guidance documents, highlights of the Informed Consent Guidance document, the impacts of FDA’s final rule on IRB waivers of consent, the IRB review of individual patient expanded access submissions, and the potential effects of the new proposed rule for lab developed tests ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
7M ago
In this episode, Alexa Sengupta and Cindy Ortega Ramos analyze the FDA’s latest guidance on informed consent regulations for clinical investigations. They discuss the basic elements of the consent form, documentation requirements for informed consent, and the impacts of the guidance for IRBs, clinical investigators, and sponsors ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
8M ago
In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer and Martin Folliard discuss cybersecurity threats faced by health care organizations and a new federal research agency initiative to help create security tools to protect the US health care system from cyberattacks ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
8M ago
In this episode, Darlene Davis, Leah Richardson, and Andrew Ruskin unravel CMS’s proposed rule for the remedy for Medicare payments for drugs purchased under the 340B Program and reimbursed as hospital outpatient services. The discussion includes background of the unlawful 340B drug reimbursement policy, as well as CMS’s proposed remedy. They also discuss the way in which CMS suggests that it will adjust future payments as a purported countermeasure for its remedy payments, as well as the implications for ongoing Medicare Advantage plan disputes on the same issues ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
10M ago
In this episode, Alexander Chu and Ashley Davis review the end of the continuous Medicaid enrollment condition as a result of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. They discuss potential impacts of the disenrollment process for health care providers and provide helpful tips for health systems to navigate this change ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
10M ago
In this episode, Macy Flinchum talks with Limo Cherian and Steven Pine about some of the major takeaways, challenges, and successes that providers have experienced in navigating the new regulatory flexibilities for value-based arrangements announced in 2020 ..read more
K&L Gates Health Care Triage
11M ago
In this episode, Michael Hinckle and Rebecca Schaefer provide an overview of FDA’s recently issued draft guidance on decentralized clinical trials. They review the goals of the guidance to promote diversity in clinical trials, as well as notable planning considerations and regulatory requirements for both the industry sponsors and the academic medical centers, research institutions and other providers participating in clinical studies.  ..read more