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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed passed the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022 (H.R. 4040). The bill proposes to extend telehealth flexibilities under Medicare that were initially authorized during the public health emergency of COVID-19. The bill heads to the U.S. Senate.
Read MoreAmazon has decided to take another step forward in healthcare by acquiring One Medical.
Read MoreSince the early 2000s, there has been a steady increase in the amount of government activity that has directly affected healthcare stakeholders. Prior to this time-period, companies could afford to focus only on differentiating their products from their competitors. Now companies are finding that during their strategic planning meetings, they must account for how state and federal government activity may impact their bottom line. In addition to having a Government Affairs staff, these same companies are starting to realize the importance of having established a relationship with a lobbyist. The question is how do you find the right lobbyist for your organization?
Read MoreRon Lanton of Lanton Law interviews Shelley Bailey of Famlee. They discuss fertility, entrepreneurship and the benefits of technology for the advancement of women's health.
Read MoreVia a recently released a press release describing how a group of bipartisan Senators including Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced the bipartisan Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act to make current telehealth flexibilities permanent.
Read MoreAccording to a Verizon press release, the company announced its new telehealth venture called BlueJeans Telehealth.
Read MoreLanton Law’s privacy practice has been closely monitoring the various state conversations around data privacy. We previously wrote a blog post titled California’s Consumer Privacy Act Could Be Coming to a State Near You, where we traced how California took the first step to create a consumer privacy law in the wake of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Read MoreThe New York State legislature has introduced Assembly Bill 27, which seeks to make New York the fourth state to enact a biometric privacy law. If successful it will be the second state that will allow consumers a private right of action to see companies for improper data handling.
Read MoreLast month as part of the State of the State 2021, Governor Cuomo announced a comprehensive law around personal data and privacy protections for New York state residents.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has changed the way that we interact in a variety of ways. One of them being the way that businesses large and small interact with the government. Gone are the days where we can meet people in person without having to worry about travel restrictions and COVID-19 protocol. What remains is that businesses still need to get their voices heard. This is where Lanton Strategies has a strategic advantage.
Read MoreWith all the attention on the 2020 elections, what may have been lost in the fray was the announcement that the FDA created the Digital Health Center of Excellence, within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). According to the FDA’s release, the new Center is dedicated “to the advancement of digital health technology, including mobile health devices, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), wearables when used as a medical device, and technologies used to study medical products.”
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