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Wisconsin Health Law Posts
- What Health Care Organizations Can Learn from OIG’s Approval of a Hearing-Care Referral Service
- Food-as-Medicine Programs: Compliance Lessons from OIG Advisory Opinion 26-16
- Section 1557 Final Rule: Language Access, Effective Communication, and Disability Access Requirements
- Managing AI Risk: Governance, Hallucinations, Automation Bias, and Human Oversight
- What Part of Your Creative Workflow Needs Stronger Compliance Structure?
- Wisconsin APRN Modernization Act: Wisconsin’s New Nurse Practitioner Law
- The 7 Rules of Human-Led Creation: Protecting Originality in an AI-Assisted World
- Preserving Your Copyright When Using AI-Assisted Songwriting
- The New Creative Frontier: Human Authorship in a Hybrid Age
- Why Generative AI Creates Unique Governance Challenges
- AI Training Data and Copyright: Legal Risks and Vendor Contract Protections
- How Copyright Law Applies to Generative AI Training Data
- Human-Led AI Creation and AI Copyright Protection: A Practical Framework
- AI Governance Risks: AI Ethics, Compliance, and Oversight Strategies
- Organizational Drift in Artificial Intelligence Governance
- The Opacity Problem in Artificial Intelligence Deployment
- Cascading Dependency Risk in AI Systems: How to Govern the Hidden AI Supply Chain
- Applying PII Compliance Protocols to Artificial Intelligence Activities
- OSHA Citation Lessons: Written Safety Plans Required by OSHA Standards
- From Contract Signature to Continuous AI Governance in Third-Party Risk Management
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Category Archives: Behavioral Health
Wisconsin Medicaid Telehealth Reimbursement: What Providers Need to Know
Wisconsin Medicaid Telehealth Reimbursement – Wisconsin Medicaid allows many covered services to be delivered by telehealth when the service is clinically appropriate and functionally equivalent to in-person care. This article by Wisconsin telehealth lawyer John Fisher explains how ForwardHealth reimbursement … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Telehealth Certification for Mental Health Programs: Requirements, Application Steps, and Compliance Tips
Quick answer: Wisconsin telehealth certification for mental health programs generally requires an approved underlying program certification, a written telehealth plan, compliance with applicable Wisconsin Administrative Code requirements, secure technology, privacy protections, staff training, consumer choice, and ongoing quality assurance. Healthcare … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Duty to Warn and Wisconsin Mental Health Confidentiality
Wisconsin Duty to Warn: When Safety Concerns Collide with Confidentiality Rules Mental health professionals, law enforcement agencies, counties, and other public entities often face a hard practical question: what can be shared when a patient makes a credible threat against … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioral Health, Department of Health Services, HIPAA - Health Information Privacy, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin Health Laws, Wisconsin Hospitals, Wisconsin Long Term Care, Wisconsin Physician Issues
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Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records
By Fisher, JD, CHC, CCEP 2018 SAMHSA Final Rule: Clarifying Part 2 Confidentiality Requirements On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published final regulations updating 42 CFR Part 2, the federal confidentiality rules governing … Continue reading
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Health Law Firm Opens Green Bay Office
By Fisher, JD, CHC, CCEP < Health Care Attorney John Fisher Announces Virtual Legal Services for Green Bay, Menominee, Appleton, Oshkosh, and the Greater Fox Valley Attorney John Fisher, a health care lawyer with more than 30 years of … Continue reading
Posted in Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Anesthesiologists, Antitrust in Healthcare, Behavioral Health, Clinical Integration, Consierge & Cash-Based Practices, Dental Practice Issues, Fraud and Abuse, Health Care Contracting, Health Law Practice, HIPAA - Health Information Privacy, Home Health, Hospital Issues, Long Term Care, Medical Staff Organization & Structure, Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement, Physician Contracting and Alignment, Physician Issues, Physician-Owned Hospitals, Radiology Issues, Reimbursement & Payment Practices, Self Disclosure Protocols, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Issues, Telemedicine, Wisconsin Health Laws, Wisconsin Hospitals, Wisconsin Long Term Care, Wisconsin Physician Issues
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Written Agreement Requirement for Disclosure of Part 2 Records
By Fisher, JD, CHC, CCEP Client Alert for Health Care Providers: Disclosure of Part 2 Records for Payment or Health Care Operations Executive Summary. Recent amendments to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 continue the federal government’s effort to align substance use … Continue reading
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Mental Health Center Settlement for Failure to Provide Patient Record Copies
By Fisher, JD, CHC, CCEP OCR Enforcement Action Underscores HIPAA Risk for Failing to Provide Patient Access to Records Client Alert The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights continues to treat patient access to medical … Continue reading
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Examples SAMHSA Payment and Health Care Operations
By Fisher, JD, CHC, CCEP Background In regulations released in January 2018, SAMHSA identified 17 specific types of payment and health care operations that could support further disclosures by a lawful holder of patient-identifying information. Clarification SAMHSA did not include … Continue reading
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Birth to 3 Program Family Communication Published
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is committed to keeping families informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. DHS has published a second Birth to 3 Program Family Communication, P-02654, which contains important information about COVID-19 for children and families who access early … Continue reading
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Wisconsin HIPAA Resources –
HIPAA Privacy: Privacy Rule (HHS) – HIPAA Privacy Rule & Public Health (CDC) – HITECH Privacy regulation – Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information – Interim Final Rule (August 24, 2009) – HITECH Act Enforcement Interim Final Rule (October … Continue reading
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