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State Regulators Address Insurers’ Use of AI: 11 States Adopt NAIC Model Bulletin

by Gregory Mitchell and Emily Curran | Jun 25, 2024 | Digital Health, Health and Welfare Plans

In December 2023, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted a Model Bulletin on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems by Insurers. The model bulletin reminds insurance carriers that they must comply with all applicable insurance laws and regulations (e.g., prohibitions against unfair trade practices) when making decisions that impact consumers, including when those decisions are made or supported by advanced technologies, such as AI systems. To date, 11 states have adopted the model bulletin, thereby applying the standards to insurers that operate in the states.

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OCR Update on Tracking Technologies Provides Little Relief for HIPAA-Regulated Entities

by Jennifer S. Geetter, David Quinn Gacioch, Elliot R. Golding, Daniel F. Gottlieb, Ryan S. Higgins and Edward G. Zacharias | May 14, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans, Privacy and Data Security

On March 18, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an update to its December 1, 2022, bulletin titled “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.” In releasing the 2024 update, OCR stated that its purpose was to “increase clarity for regulated entities and the public.” While the update appears to narrow the scope of what OCR considers to be HIPAA-protected health information (PHI) in the context of online tracking technologies, it largely reconfirms prior guidance in the 2022 bulletin and will likely have limited practical impact for HIPAA-covered entities and business associates that have already heeded the 2022 bulletin.

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How Healthcare Organizations Should Manage AI

by Alya Sulaiman | Feb 22, 2024 | Digital Health, Health and Welfare Plans

What are the major risks and rewards of artificial intelligence’s healthcare transformation? In this AHLA podcast episode, Alya Sulaiman offers insight into how healthcare organizations should manage AI governance and examines related legislative and regulatory issues.

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States Adopt Interstate Compacts, Expand Behavioral Health Access

by Amanda Enyeart, Taylor Hood and Adetoro Olugbemi | Feb 7, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

Multiple states – including Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia – have been busy finalizing legislation and rulemaking to adopt interstate compacts and expand behavioral health access.

What else have these states been up to in recent weeks?

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2024: The Year of the Telehealth Cliff

by Lisa Schmitz Mazur, Rachel Stauffer, Debra Curtis and Leigh Feldman | Feb 5, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

What does December 31, 2024, mean to you? New Year’s Eve? Post-2024 election? Too far away to know?

Our answer: December 31, 2024, is when we will go over a “telehealth cliff” if Congress fails to act before that date, directly impacting care and access for Medicare beneficiaries. What is this telehealth cliff?

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States Move to Amend, Clarify Telehealth-Related Standards of Care

by Dale C. Van Demark and Taylor Hood | Jan 29, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

Multiple states – including Alaska, Wisconsin and New Jersey – have been busy finalizing legislation and rulemaking to adopt interstate compacts and amend and clarify telehealth-related standards of care.

What else have these states been up to over the last month?

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Healthcare Payors and Providers and AI Companies Voluntarily Commit to AI Principles

by Jennifer S. Geetter, Purnima Boominathan and Jayda Greco | Jan 17, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans, Privacy and Data Security

The Biden administration recently announced that 28 healthcare payors and providers intend to implement and adhere to voluntary commitments for the safe, secure and trustworthy development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The signatory companies aligned around the FAVES principle—namely, that AI should lead to healthcare outcomes that are fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe.

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States Advance Telehealth Legislation and Rulemaking

by Purnima Boominathan and Angela Theodoropoulos | Jan 2, 2024 | Digital Health, Health and Welfare Plans

Numerous states—including Alaska, Florida, Texas, Utah and Washington—have been busy finalizing and proposing rulemaking and legislation impacting telehealth-related care. Washington’s Department of Health, for example, published a proposed rule focused on implementing the multistate nurse licensure compact.

What else have these states been up to over the last month?

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States Move to Advance Telehealth Objectives

by Patrick Zanayed and Angela Theodoropoulos | Dec 12, 2023 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

Numerous states—including Florida, Texas and Michigan—have been busy finalizing telehealth-related rulemaking and legislation. Michigan’s proposed bills, for example, push for coverage parity across insurers and payment parity.

What else have these states been up to over the last month?

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What Does Landmark AI Executive Order Mean for Healthcare?

by Kristen O'Brien and Rachel Stauffer | Dec 6, 2023 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration released a long-awaited Executive Order (EO) on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The EO acknowledges the transformative potential of AI while highlighting many known risks of AI tools and systems. It directs a broad range of actions around new standards for AI that will impact many sectors, and it articulates eight guiding principles and priorities to govern the development and use of AI.

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