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's full bio here.
Telemedicine’s Complex Legal Landscape
By Lisa Mazur on Apr 26, 2018
Posted In Telehealth
As the telemedicine landscape continues to evolve and new capabilities come to bear, those working in the industry will face a diverse mix of legal and regulatory hurdles as stakeholders begin to leverage new avenues and options for care delivery. This evolution requires practitioners to understand the legal frameworks that will continue to change as...
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Order now: The Law of Digital Health Book
By Marshall E. Jackson, Jr., Michael W. Ryan, Ryan S. Higgins, Scott Weinstein, Vanessa K. Burrows, McDermott Will & Emery, Amanda Enyeart, Anisa Mohanty, Amy C. Pimentel, Bernadette M. Broccolo, Dale C. Van Demark, Jiayan Chen and Lisa Mazur on Mar 20, 2018
Posted In Big Data, Cloud, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Telehealth
Designed to provide business leaders and their key advisors with the knowledge and insight they need to grow and sustain successful digital health initiatives, we are pleased to present The Law of Digital Health, a new book edited and authored by McDermott’s team of distinguished digital health lawyers, and published by AHLA. Visit www.mwe.com/lawofdigitalhealth to order this...
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Telehealth and the Changing Regulatory Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Health Ecosystem
By Lisa Mazur on Mar 6, 2018
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
What if you didn’t have to take time out of your day to see a physician in person when you needed a prescription? What if a diagnosis could be delivered over video chat? What if your psychiatrist was available at the press of a button or swipe on your screen? These options are fast becoming...
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Walking the Fine Line between the Delivery of Health Care Services and Information/Educational Support
By Lisa Mazur on Feb 27, 2018
Posted In Consumer Protection, General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
The explosion in digital health solutions that connect consumers with licensed health care providers (e.g., nurses, nutritionists, physicians) and laypersons who have certain informal training (e.g., wellness guide, lifestyle coach, outreach partner) has the potential to blur the lines between what constitutes the practice of a licensed health care profession and what does not (usually...
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A Declaration without a Response: Senators Urge DEA to Enact Regulations on Opioid-Based Addiction Treatments Using Telemedicine
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Feb 16, 2018
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
This past fall, after months of speculation, President Trump declared the opioid crisis sweeping the United States a national public health emergency. Upon the president’s declaration, Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric D. Hargan made a formal declaration under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, making available an exception to the Ryan...
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Understanding the Implications of Federal Remote Prescribing Laws on Telemedicine’s Role in Behavioral Health Treatment
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Feb 14, 2018
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
The opioid epidemic is making the United States acutely aware of the horrors of substance abuse disorders and the limited means of treating the individuals suffering from addiction. Rural America is among the places hit hardest by opioid addiction while also having limited access to mental and behavioral health providers. Telemedicine offers a viable solution...
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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 Jiayan Chen, Lisa Mazur, Michael W. Ryan, Scott Weinstein, Vernessa T. Pollard, McDermott Will & Emery, Bernadette M. Broccolo, Dale C. Van Demark and Jennifer S. Geetter 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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