The 2023 Virginia General Assembly considered many health care-related bills during the course of the most recent session. Here is an overview of some of the more notable ones that became law July 1, 2023, unless otherwise noted. Attorneys and practice areas related to this topic include: Jonathan M. Joseph Health Care This item has...Read More

In recent years, most health care organizations with an online presence use website and mobile app tracking technology to determine how users navigate and engage with their sites and apps. They then use this information to improve site experience so it better aligns with user needs and preferences. However, the U.S. Department of Health and...Read More

The doctrine of informed consent posits that the patient is entitled to understand: What the doctor proposes and why; The risks and benefits of that proposed course of action; The available alternatives and the risks and benefits of each of those, including doing nothing. In Virginia, the duty of the physician, like all other aspects...Read More

Joseph P. McMenamin, an experienced health law attorney and former emergency physician, has joined Christian & Barton where he will continue his practice focused on digital health law and distance care matters. His typical representative matters include advising telehealth providers and companies on licensure, the provider-patient relationship, corporate practice issues, scope of practice, online prescribing,...Read More

Christian & Barton health care attorney Jonathan M. Joseph was selected to provide the foreward to a newly-released analysis of health information privacy and breach response requirements for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. “Health Information Privacy & Breach: A 50 State Survey,” was published by the American Health Law Association. As Joseph...Read More

The 2022 Virginia General Assembly considered many health care-related bills during the course of the most recent session. Here are some of the more notable ones that became law July 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted: Changes to Health Record Privacy LawVirginia’s health record privacy law is revised to provide that an authorization for the disclosure...Read More

Two years after enacting the nation’s first COVID-19 safety regulations for employers, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board revoked the standard effective March 23, 2022. The Board adopted the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) recommendation that COVID-19 no longer posed a “grave danger” to employees. For most employers, this means the legal...Read More

The global pandemic created an urgent need to both safely access and deliver health care services. Telemedicine instantly met that need. Although many think of telemedicine services being provided on an outpatient basis during the pandemic, hospitals, especially rural ones, benefited greatly from the expansion of telemedicine services, especially under Medicare. However, Medicare (and accreditation...Read More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule with comment period (IFR or Rule) effective Nov. 5, 2021 that requires certain Medicare- and/or Medicaid-certified health care providers and suppliers ensure their workers are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Jan. 4, 2022. This includes physicians who practice in such providers. The...Read More

In recent years, balance billing from medical providers has attracted the attention of legislatures at both the state and federal level. On Jan. 1, 2021, Virginia’s balance billing law took effect that barred out-of-network providers from billing patients for emergency services, and barred balance billing for some prescheduled, nonemergency services at hospitals or other health...Read More