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Digital Health companies seeking to scale their businesses nationwide have a new privacy law to contend with now.  Washington has passed a first-of-its-kind state law that safeguards consumer health data collected by companies that traditionally fit into a regulatory gap (Read here).   Digital health is a broad term that includes telehealth, consumer healthcare…

Unified Program Integrity Contractors (“UPICs”) are the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ only program integrity contractors investigating credible allegations of fraud of Medicare Parts A & B and Medicaid programs. UPICs may refer cases to law enforcement agencies, refer patients for recoupment of identified overpayments, or may recommend administrative actions. UPICs operate in…

Nowadays, it is relatively easy to establish a professional limited liability company (PLLC) or a professional corporation (PC) using various online tools. Consequently, many healthcare professionals opt not to involve an attorney in their business formation process. Unfortunately, such online tools often fail to fully explain the significance of complying with the legal formalities…

Attorney Mysty Blagg quoted in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, discusses future enforcement insights for 2023 that can be gleaned from the Department of Justice’s press release on False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement in 2022 (link to press release).  The FCA provides a civil remedy when a party knowingly presents or causes a false claim to…

Written By Attorney Mysty Blagg GoodRx agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it breached the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”).  GoodRx issued a statement regarding the settlement indicating that the company does not agree with the FTC’s allegations and admits to no wrongdoing.  GoodRx operates a digital…