Health Care Law News and Insights

The health care industry is racing to adopt cutting-edge technology to provide patients with the best treatment possible at the lowest possible cost. But the rise in health care innovation has yielded unintended consequences: a sharp uptick in the number of cyberattacks that exploit the medical data of unsuspecting patients....

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President Trump just signed into law the "Special Registration for Telemedicine Act of 2018" (the Act), requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to activate a special registration allowing physicians and nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without an in-person exam. The DEA has no more than one year...

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Health Reimbursement Arrangements (or "HRAs") are employer-funded, account-based group health plans, which are used to reimburse certain medical expenses incurred by eligible employees, their spouses, and their dependents. While participants can use HRA proceeds to pay for certain medical insurance premiums, current law prohibits employers from offering HRAs to their...

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