Executive War College Key Takeaways

April 25, 2023

Alert

Great programs and content at the EWC as always! The EWC delivers valuable information for everyone in the lab industry. Some of the trending legal takeaways include:

Laboratories remain under government scrutiny and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon.
- To learn more about this trend, view our November 2022 webinar that remains timely "Labs in the Crosshairs: Navigating POST-Covid Government Enforcement Actions"
Data protection and cybersecurity has never been more important! To learn more about advertising technology and metapixels and how that may impact your patient information, click here
Digital pathology continues to make strides. To learn more about legal considerations in digital pathology business arrangements, click here
The transactional landscape remains very active. Click below for additional information.

McDonald Hopkins attorneys have a depth of experience representing clinical laboratories and pathology groups in all areas of business operations, from regulatory compliance to business arrangements. To learn more about the practice areas:

Over the past 24 months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has brought notable enforcement efforts against several non-profit covered entities and business associates, resulting in instances of six and seven-figure penalties against providers across the county for incidents involving breaches of protected health information.

A new amendment to New York state law, which would have required all healthcare providers to obtain separate consents from patients for treatment and payment is on hold until further guidance is released, according to the New York Department of Health.

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2025 final rule, which establishes new advanced primary care management billing codes that will expand opportunities for physician practices, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and other health care providers to get paid for services provided by clinical staff under the direction of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant beginning January 1, 2025.

Executive War College Key Takeaways

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