Health Care Law at Epstein Becker Green

Are you attending the 25th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress? Make sure to connect with Epstein Becker Green's Lynn Shapiro Snyder, William Walters, and James Tam. Visit us at booth #209! 📷 Pictured: Will Walters. #Pharmaceuticals #Healthcare #MedicalDevices

Dive into behavioral health law and compliance! 🚀 Designed for advisors and stakeholders new to the behavioral health care sector, American Health Law Association's self-paced, on-demand course – featuring attorneys David Shillcutt and Eric Neiman – offers comprehensive and concise coverage of related legal and compliance issues. Join David and Eric as they present on crucial topics like “Behavioral Health Protections for Commercial Health Plans and Insurance Policies” and “Involuntary Commitment and Diversion Programs.” Throughout this course: 🎓 Master key topics through convenient online modules, complete with engaging micro-videos and practical self-assessments. 🧠 Understand the full spectrum of challenges faced by behavioral health care providers and their advisors. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UsdLd3 #BehavioralHealth #HealthLaw #HealthCare

Attention investors, researchers, and business leaders: $110 million in awards will go toward advancing women’s health. Attorneys Nivedita Patel and Rachel Snyder Good survey Dr. Jill Biden’s announcement regarding the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s initiative. #ReproductiveHealth #HealthCare #WomensHealth

Could new health apps present challenges to patient privacy? Attorney Lisa Reisz highlights important considerations for providers and plans that create or offer health apps to their patients or members, as well as for developers working on health apps for covered entities. Read her insights in an article by John Schieszer, MA, for Renal & Urology News: https://bit.ly/4e0LroQ #HealthData #HealthCare #Cybersecurity

Private health insurers may be required to cover the cost of over-the-counter contraception items: https://bit.ly/3NFCBSY Attorney Erin Sutton comments on exemptions for employers and expected legal challenges, in an article by Kellie Mejdrich for Law360. [Excerpt and links.] #HealthCare #Insurance #HealthPlans

As the health care ecosystem rapidly digitizes health data, lawmakers and regulators seek to address evolving privacy and security challenges. Attorneys Alaap Shah, Lisa Reisz, and Avery Schumacher explore the evolving federal legal landscape governing health data in the US through the lens of the regulatory agencies responsible for oversight and enforcement of the relevant laws and regulations, in an article for OneTrust DataGuidance. Excerpt and links: https://bit.ly/4eWIeb4 #HealthCare #Privacy #HealthData

Time and cost increases are expected for filing Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification forms. Attorneys John Steren, Patricia Wagner, and Jeremy Morris examine the final rule released by the FTC and DOJ, in their latest Antitrust Byte. #Antitrust #HealthCare #MergersAndAcqusitions

In the absence of OSHA rulemaking, states are continuing to take the lead in enacting laws to address workplace violence in health care facilities. Attorneys Eric Neiman and Sharon C. Peters explore developments in California, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. #HealthCare #Hospitals #OSHA

The rapid proliferation of health care value-based entities (VBEs) in government and private markets has led to a great diversity of approaches to corporate and contractual structures, from accountable care organizations and clinically integrated networks to management services organizations, independent physician associations, and many others. Recent market corrections and increases in federal and state regulatory oversight of these structures have painfully exposed the significant operational and legal trade-offs associated with these up-front structuring decisions. In this short webinar, Epstein Becker Green’s Kevin Malone hosts a conversation with attorneys Kathleen Premo and John Steren on the key design considerations they take into account when setting up VBEs for long-term success. Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3Uig0iO #ValueBasedCare #HealthCare #Antitrust

We were thrilled to speak at this year's Oregon State Bar Health Law Section Annual CLE! Attorneys Eric Neiman and Emma Pelkey delivered an insightful presentation on “Nondiscrimination in Healthcare – Implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.” We extend our gratitude to OSB and everyone who joined us in Portland! #HealthCare #Hospitals #HealthEquity