“New Study Finds PFOA Is Carcinogenic: What Are the California Proposition 65 Implications?” The Recorder, July 24, 2020.

The Department of Health and Human Services - Office for Civil Rights has issued a Proposed Privacy Rule in response to the confusion and concern caused by the new legal landscape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling. Our Health Care Group breaks down the proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule in OCR’s Proposed Rule, Fact Sheet, and new Guidance.

On May 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added five PFAS to a list of risk-based values for regional screening and removal management levels. This article discusses how the EPA’s new PFAS listings should alert businesses and regulated industries that the agency will aggressively address the “forever chemical” issue nationwide.

As the Biden administration begins detailing its regulatory and enforcement priorities, it faces a new challenge on the health data privacy and security front.  In University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, No. 19-60226 (5th Cir. 2021), the Fifth Circuit vacated a $4.3 million penalty against […]

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Our health care attorneys analyze the meaning of a new internal memo from the Department of Health and Human Services and its potential far-reaching effects on Medicare payment rules and compliance for health care providers. 

The U.S. Department of Defense has picked a fight with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Congress over allowable levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in groundwater in a remarkably public battle that portends a prolonged fight over how to regulate this emerging family of contaminants.