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.
Many Lessons Still Need to be Learned regarding Patient Access to Health Care Information
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Aug 23, 2017
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology recently released a report (the Report) detailing user experience research on patient access to health data. The Report sought to examine the experiences of 17 individuals and processes of 50 health systems, with commentary from four medical record fulfillment administrators, to determine how the medical...
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Next Generation of Patient Care: Balancing Digital Engagement with Patient and Consumer Privacy
By Jennifer S. Geetter and Lisa Mazur on Aug 18, 2017
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
Jennifer Geetter and Lisa Schmitz Mazur wrote this bylined article on the regulatory implications of technology-supported devices, resources, and solutions that facilitate health patient-provider interaction. “Health industry regulators are struggling with how to apply the existing privacy regulatory regime, and the permitted uses and disclosures for which they provide, in this new world of healthcare...
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Round Two: Significant Telehealth Expansion Re-Proposed in Bipartisan Senate Bill
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Jun 27, 2017
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
On May 3, 2017, the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2017 (S. 1016) (CONNECT Act of 2017) was reintroduced by the same six senators who had initially introduced the legislation in early 2016 and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. As we previously reported on February 29,...
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OIG Reports More Than $731 Million in Inappropriate Medicare Meaningful Use Payments
By Amanda Enyeart and Lisa Mazur on Jun 20, 2017
Posted In Big Data, Data Privacy, General Interest, Telehealth
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program run by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) garnered attention again last week following the release of a report by the Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) describing inappropriate payments to physicians under the program. The report follows on the...
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Texas Changes its Tone on Telemedicine
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Jun 1, 2017
Posted In Mobile Apps, Telehealth, Text Messaging
As one of the last states to retain highly restrictive (and arguably anti-competitive) telemedicine practice standards, health care providers, regulatory boards, technology companies, payors and other stakeholders have been actively monitoring Texas’ approach to telemedicine regulation and the related Teladoc case. Texas has eliminated its most restrictive requirement for delivering care via telemedicine in Texas,...
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Recent $2.5 Million OCR Settlement Is a Warning to Wireless Health Service Providers
By Amanda Enyeart, Drew Elizabeth McCormick and Lisa Mazur on May 3, 2017
Posted In Consumer Protection, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Telehealth
On April 24, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement in the amount of $2.5 million based on the impermissible disclosure of unsecured electronic protected health information (ePHI) by a provider of remote mobile monitoring, with...
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More Federal Legislation Aimed at Expanding Medicare Coverage of Telehealth Services
By McDermott Will & Emery, Dale C. Van Demark, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Apr 11, 2017
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Telehealth
Late last month, Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced Senate Bill 787, the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act (Telehealth Improvement Act), which is focused on expanding Medicare’s currently limited coverage of telehealth services and opportunities for innovation. The Telehealth Improvement Act would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)...
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Utah Provides Structure to Telehealth, Expands Access to Mental Health in Proposed Bill
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Mar 13, 2017
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
Utah is one of the many states that started off 2017 with proposals to change its existing telehealth laws and regulations. Proposed Utah HB 154 (the Proposed Bill), endorsed by Ken Ivory and Allen Christensen, amends the regulatory infrastructure for telehealth, with a focus on mental health. Two of the key components of the Proposed...
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Texas to Take a Leap Forward in Telehealth – A Proposed Bill Drops the Controversial In-Person Evaluation Requirement
By McDermott Will & Emery, Dale C. Van Demark, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Mar 9, 2017
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
Texas telehealth requirements will significantly change in the near future if Texas Senate Bill 1107 is passed into law, as it removes the controversial “face-to-face” or in-person consultation requirement to establish a physician-patient relationship and lawfully provide telehealth and telemedicine services within the state. This bill comes after a six-year-long battle between telemedicine stakeholders and...
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Arkansas is at it Again! Telemedicine Regulation in Arkansas Undergoes Additional Change
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Mar 6, 2017
Posted In Telehealth
Arkansas currently has one of the most restrictive telemedicine environments in the country, and was one of the last states to require an in-person examination to form a provider-patient relationship. Prior to September 2016, Arkansas telemedicine laws required an initial in-person encounter to establish a valid physician-patient relationship. In September 2016, the state expanded the...
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