Lisa Mazur
Subscribe to Lisa Mazur's PostsLisa Mazur advises health care providers and technology companies on a variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters with a particular focus on digital health topics, including telehealth, telemedicine, mobile health and consumer wellness. Lisa advises a variety of health care providers and technology companies involved in “digital health,” including assisting clients in developing and implementing telemedicine programs by advising on issues related to professional licensure, scope of practice, informed consent, prescribing and reimbursement. Lisa helps clients identify and understand the relevant legal issues, and develop and implement practical, forward-thinking solutions and strategies that meet the complex and still-evolving digital health regulatory landscape. Read Lisa Mazur's full bio.
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Includes Significant Changes in Medicare, Other Federal Health Programs
By Karen S. Sealander and Lisa Mazur on Feb 12, 2018
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
On February 9, 2018 after a brief shutdown, Congress passed and President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a two-year budget agreement that includes funding for the operation of the federal government until March 23, 2018. The law includes significant health care policy changes impacting Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health agencies. In...
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On the Digital Health Frontier: Developments Driving Industry Change in 2018
By Jiayan Chen and Lisa Mazur on Jan 25, 2018
Posted In Big Data, Consumer Protection, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
As digital health innovation continues to move at light speed, both new and incumbent stakeholders find themselves on a new frontier—one that challenges traditional health care delivery and payment frameworks, in addition to changing the landscape for product research, development and commercialization. Modernization of the existing legal framework has not kept pace with the rate...
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Digital Health Year in Review: 2017 Trends and Looking Ahead to 2018
By Vernessa T. Pollard, McDermott Will & Emery, Bernadette M. Broccolo, Dale C. Van Demark, Jennifer S. Geetter, Jiayan Chen, Lisa Mazur, Michael W. Ryan and Scott Weinstein on Jan 12, 2018
Posted In Advertising & Marketing, Big Data, Cloud, Consumer Protection, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Transfers/Safe Harbor/Privacy Shield, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
Throughout 2017, the health care and life sciences industries experienced a widespread proliferation of digital health innovation that presents challenges to traditional notions of health care delivery and payment as well as product research, development and commercialization for both long-standing and new stakeholders. At the same time, lawmakers and regulators made meaningful progress toward modernizing...
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A Net-Neutral Decision for Health Care? What Providers Can Expect in the Wake of Net Neutrality Repeal
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Dec 26, 2017
Posted In Big Data, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Telehealth
As the Federal Communications Commission repeals the Open Internet Order—more commonly known as the net-neutrality rules—health care consumers and providers have been left wondering how this change will affect their ability to receive and deliver health care using digital health tools. In this On the Subject, we outline how changes in internet access will affect...
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Slow and Steady – CMS Expands Telehealth Reimbursement Opportunities in 2018
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Dec 7, 2017
Posted In Big Data, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reiterated its commitments to expanding access to telehealth services and paying “appropriately” for services that maximize technology in the Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Diabetes...
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Declaration of Public Health Emergency Changes Remote Prescribing Requirements but Creates Many Questions Waiting to Be Answered
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Oct 26, 2017
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
President Trump declared the opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency yesterday. The White House made it clear that this declaration would allow officials to remove barriers to the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine, which would permit DEA registered providers to prescribe anti-addiction medications, such as Naloxone, to patients in need without first performing...
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Virtual Care Advancement | Outlook on CHRONIC Care Act and Other Federal Legislation
By Adam Marks, Lisa Mazur and MaryKathryn Hurd on Oct 26, 2017
Posted In Telehealth
The Senate’s unanimous passage of the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 (S.870) on September 26th is an encouraging step forward for modernizing telehealth access and reimbursement. The bipartisan, budget-neutral bill aims to improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions and includes key provisions...
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The Opioid Crisis: Declaring a National Emergency and the Effect on Remote Prescribing through Telemedicine
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Oct 20, 2017
Posted In Telehealth
On July 31, 2017, President Donald Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis recommended that he declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency. In August 2017 and again on October 16, 2017, the president indicated he would declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. While it is apparent that the nation is...
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Texas Continues to Embrace Telemedicine
By Lisa Mazur, Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. and Olivia J. Jahn on Oct 10, 2017
Posted In Telehealth
On September 15, 2017, the Texas Medical Board (Board) released proposed rules regarding telemedicine and mental health services (Proposed Rules) to implement Senate Bill 1107, which was passed on May 11, 2017. Most notably, the Proposed Rules provide that a physician-patient relationship can be established solely by the delivery of care via telemedicine services and...
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Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Eases the Practice of Nursing across State Lines
By Lisa Mazur and Sandra M. DiVarco on Aug 28, 2017
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (Compact) has now been adopted by 26 states, which means the Compact will be taking effect on January 19, 2018. Nurses who seek to practice telemedicine and deliver in-person care across state lines and who meet the Compact’s licensure requirements in these states will have one less obstacle to overcome...
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