On September 26, 2024, the Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill would amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Attorney General of New Jersey and the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights jointly commenced a lawsuit against the Virtua Health System and its constituent hospitals alleging that its policy and practices concerning universal drug testing
A recent post on this blog previewed the issues raised in the case of Govatos v. Murphy related to the residency requirement in the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act.
On September 18, 2024,
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires many business entities to disclose information about their business ownership to FinCEN. Healthcare entities should note that the CTA does not have an exemption for healthcare practitioners, and so small to mid-size healthcare
The NJ Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has scheduled a stakeholder meeting for Tuesday, September 17, 2024, for the purpose of receiving comments and input regarding the Competitive Solicitation Incentive (CSI) component of the New Jersey solar energy renewable energy
Since being enacted in 2019, the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying Act has had a threshold condition on a patient’s request for medication under the Act: that they be an “adult resident of New Jersey.” The physician’s record must
An article co-authored by Greenbaum attorneys John Zen Jackson and Madeline B. Gayle, recently published in the Widener Law Review, reviews the tragic circumstances surrounding Charles Cullen, the killer nurse who became known as the “Angel of Death” following the
On June 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule establishing stringent financial penalties, referred to as “disincentives,” for healthcare providers found to have committed information blocking.
In instances where the HHS Office
On June 25, 2024, the Final Rule issued by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that amended the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became effective as a means of further protecting personal health information
We previously provided information on this blog regarding the Garden State Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program, which is poised to become a popular option for hospitals and other healthcare sector entities looking to rehabilitate facilities or adopt clean