Entries by Mary Richard

Attorney Mary Holloway Richard delivers presentation on behavioral health protections

Mary Holloway Richard, participated in a CLE webinar panel for healthcare counsel on Wednesday. Strafford Publications presented the webinar on protecting patients’ behavioral health information, and disclosure requirements and limitations. Richard’s presentation defines best practices for healthcare providers in situations where a potential breach in patient privacy may arise. The panel addressed the distinction between […]

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Avoiding costly violations to the Anti-Kickback Statute

In this article, Oklahoma City Healthcare Attorney Mary Holloway Richard discusses the “Anti-Kickback Statute” and potential, federal violations of the statute as it relates to providers in the healthcare industry. What is the authority for the federal government to oversee providers’ relationships with durable medical equipment (DME) and device suppliers and drug companies, such as […]

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Data breaches still HIPAA compliance concern for healthcare providers

HIPAA concerns, established in 1996 and evolving ever since, continue to be a very real compliance concern for healthcare providers. As an example, last year HHS collected $28.7 million from providers of healthcare services and payers for responses to HIPAA data breaches that HHS considered inadequate. According to Modern Healthcare, this is $5.2 million over […]

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Attorney Mary Holloway Richard authors update to AHLA publication

Mary Holloway Richard, lent her expertise to an update of the American Health Lawyers Association‘s Institutional Review Boards publication. In preparing the third edition, the AHLA recognized the need to update the previous edition based upon changes in statutes and regulations and to incorporate new guidance reflecting expertise and current, in-depth experience with clinical research […]

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