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Recoveries in FY 2021 drastically increased compared to those in FY 2020. The US$5.6 billion in recoveries reported by the DOJ in its 1 February 2022 press release is more than double the US$2.2 billion recovered in FY 2020 and is the second-largest ever recorded.

Digital health funding in 2021 far surpassed 2020’s totals, with no signs of slowing down in 2022, and the potential permanence of some regulatory flexibilities beyond the PHE are charting a course for continued digital health growth in 2022 and beyond.

Digital health funding in 2021 far surpassed 2020’s totals, with no signs of slowing down in 2022, and the potential permanence of some regulatory flexibilities beyond the PHE are charting a course for continued digital health growth in 2022 and beyond.

Upcoming Hearings/Markups - October 26 - House Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, CMS released its FY 2022 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Rates Proposed Rule. Read more about the rule and other news below. I. Regulations...

Electronic Reportable Laboratory Result Reporting. "Requiring hospitals to report these four measures would help to prepare public health agencies to respond to future health threats and a long-term COVID-19 recovery by strengthening public health functions, including early warning surveillance, case surveillance and vaccine uptake, which will increase the information available to help hospitals better serve their patients," said CMS officials. The new requirements would enable nationwide syndr...

OVERVIEW On December 10, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with proposed modifications to the Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule) adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, HIPAA). The proposed modifications support indi...

Individual Right of Access The NPRM would make several changes to individuals’ Privacy Rule right to inspect and obtain copies of their protected health information (PHI) maintained in a designated record set. The proposed changes would: Expand the methods that individuals may use when inspecting their health information to include the ability to take notes, videos and photographs. Require covered entity health care providers to allow patients to review PHI upon request that is readily availa...