Long Island Business News hosted a roundtable discussion on the current state of the healthcare industry. Rivkin partners Robert Iseman and Benjamin Malerba were joined by Dr. Zeyad Baker, ProHEALTH Care Associates’ president and CEO; Jeffrey Kraut, executive vice president of strategy and analytics at Northwell Health; and Dr. Simon Prince, president and CEO of

Eric Fader weighed in on an article in Healthcare Risk Management discussing the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ request for information (RFI). The RFI seeks comment on how the HIPAA Privacy Rule might be changed to allow for better coordination of care among providers.

Eric noted that the Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations exception to

Michael Mulè will present the seventh program in the Business Owners Seminar Series on March 21, 2019 from 8:30 am to 10 am at Rivkin Radler’s Uniondale office.

Entitled “Good Cyber Hygiene: Protecting What a Business Can’t See,” the program will bring together Rivkin Radler’s cyber counsel and professionals in detection and remediation to discuss

On March 13, 2019, Marc Ullman will be a presenter in an EAS Consulting Group webinar entitled “What Does the 2018 Farm Bill Mean for the Cannabis Industry?” The webinar will offer an informative discussion on the FDA’s position on cannabis and how the patchwork of state regulations makes the topic confusing.

Accompanying Marc will

Eric Fader was quoted in the Part B News article, “Have policy, procedures, provider checks to protect from vendor kickback scandals.”

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Marc Ullman was quoted in the Nutraingredients-USA article, “Hemp and CBD in pet supplements weaves same tangled web as in products meant for humans.” The focus of the article is the regulatory gray area for hemp and CBD in supplements intended for animals.

Ullman noted, “FDA has been very quiet in this area. CB in pet

Eric Fader was quoted in a January 1, 2019, Law360 story entitled “Health Care Policy Moves To Watch In 2019.” The article details the health policy developments that attorneys should continue to monitor in 2019.

Eric discusses how U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which oversees patient privacy safeguards

Eric Fader was quoted in an article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Business, “Here’s Why Your Tax Dollars Are Overpaying for Medicaid.”

The article discussed the Medicaid program’s difficulty in recovering inappropriate payments made by states to doctors. Eric told Bloomberg Law that the failure to collect the overpayments may be due in part

Eric Fader was quoted in a Managed Healthcare Executive article, “Midterm election results: 6 ways healthcare could change in 2019.”

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Jay Kenigsberg’s article, “As Email Spoofing and Hacking Continue Unabated, Courts Decide Questions of Insurance Coverage for Computer Fraud,” was published in Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report.

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