Health Law Alert

As discussed in a June 2015 Baird Holm Health Law Advisory, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it would expand the use of its enforcement resources against health care employers, focusing on (among other things) workplace violence, musculoskeletal disorders related to patient handling, bloodborne pathogens, tuberculosis, and slips, […]

At the end of September 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Care New England Health System (“CNE”), the parent company of several covered entity hospitals. The sole reason for the settlement was impermissible disclosures made as a result of an outdated business associate agreement (BAA). […]

If you purchased a desktop or laptop computer with a DVD or CD drive during the period of April 2003 to December 2008, you may be eligible for an award under the Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Settlement. This Settlement is the second of two that have been entered into stemming […]

The Internal Revenue Code provides that interest on bonds issued by governmental or 501(c)(3) organizations may be exempt from tax if, in addition to satisfying other requirements, not more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the debt issuance for governmental entities (or five percent for 501(c)(3) organizations) are used […]

On August 18, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a new initiative to more widely investigate breaches affecting fewer than 500 individuals (referred to as “small breaches”). Prior to this announcement, OCR investigated all breaches reported by covered entities that affect 500 or more individuals (considered to be […]