Digital Health Apps Must Allow Users To Delete Accounts, Per New Apple App Store Rules

The regulatory scrutiny on telemedicine and digital health companies continues to tighten, whether it is privacy warning shots, new direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising limits, a wave of reimbursement audits, or multistate DOJ investigations. Now, any company that wants to be listed on Apple’s App Store must give users the ability to delete their account.

Apple just announced all apps that allow for a user to create an account must also give that user the ability to delete their account from within the […]

By | October 12th, 2021 ||

Nevada Is Latest State To Enhance Oversight Of Health Care Transactions

On October 1, 2021, Nevada will join a handful of states that are actively seeking to monitor the growth and impact of health care transactions in their states, and will also designate specific contracting practices viewed as anticompetitive as unfair trade practices. Nevada’s Senate Bill 329 (SB 329) and Assembly Bill 47 (AB 47) will significantly impact provider contracting and business operations for hospitals and physician group practices in the state.

Specifically, SB 329 will require hospitals […]

By | September 23rd, 2021 ||

CMS Delays Transparency Rules For Health Insurers

On August 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance with respect to the timeline for implementation and enforcement of the new insurance price transparency rule. Citing the number of provisions that insurers are required to “implement by January 1, 2022 and the considerable time and effort required to make the machine-readable files available in the form and manner required in the TiC Final Rules at the same time,” the Departments of Labor, […]

By | September 6th, 2021 ||