by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Feb 28, 2019 | Health Law, Healthcare Law, patent law, telehealth, telemedicine |
Patents in Telehealth & Health IT: Viable or Bust? The good times of applying for and obtaining business patents, including computer software and business method patents are behind us. Over the past decade, the cohort of court rulings collectively known as “patent...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Jan 29, 2019 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
EDITOR’S NOTE – January 29, 2019 The tightly regulated healthcare industry requires healthcare providers to routinely seek counsel of regulatory health law attorneys. Be it for subleasing an extra exam room, renting imaging devices, merging practices, adding a partner...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Nov 12, 2018 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
G2Z Law Group and GW Law are pleased to invite you to the 4th Annual Healthcare Law & Compliance Boot CampTM of the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area. Healthcare providers face a myriad of legal and regulatory issues on a daily basis. Awareness of and...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Aug 20, 2018 | biotechnology patent law, patent law |
Diagnostics 101: The Expanding Doctrine of Preemption By Reza Ghafoorian, M.D., Esq. February 2016 Until Supreme Court pushed it into the forefront in the BILSKI[1] decision, 35 USC 101 used to loom in the background of patent prosecution. Since BILSKI, the notion of...
by Pouyan Bohloul, Esq., CAMS | Nov 21, 2017 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
BY: Pouyan Bohloul, Esq., CAMS, and Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq., CHC Assume an employee makes a request to the plan administrator requesting copies of group health benefit plan documents, and the plan administrator loses or forgets to respond to the request. Six months...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Nov 21, 2017 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
In the first phase of HIPAA compliance audits conducted in 2011/2012, OCR revealed many covered entities were struggling with compliance. In this first phase, OCR also discovered that failure to conduct a comprehensive, organization-wide risk assessment was one of...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Nov 1, 2017 | Health Law, Healthcare Law, Uncategorized |
G2Z Law Group, PLLC and GW Law are pleased to invite you to the 3rd Annual Healthcare Law & Compliance Boot CampTM of the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area. Healthcare providers face a myriad of legal and regulatory issues on a daily basis. Awareness of and...
by Pouyan Bohloul, Esq., CAMS | Oct 25, 2017 | Healthcare Law |
Cyber security is the new frontline of a data breach. Increased use of internet, cloud storages and technology in the medical field makes the industry susceptible to data breach. A study released by the U.S. State and Federal Government Cybersecurity in 2017, has...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Sep 30, 2017 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule (45 CFR Secs. 164.400-414) requires timely notification of any reportable breach to HHS’ Office of Civil Rights and sending notification letters to affected individuals without unreasonable delay and no later than 60 days after discovery...
by Reza Ghafoorian, MD, Esq. | Sep 30, 2017 | Health Law, Healthcare Law |
Between 2011-2015, Office of Inspector General investigations have resulted in more than 350 criminal and civil actions and $975 million in receivables. The OIG and Government Accountability Office have raised concern about questionable billing patterns, compliance...
