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.
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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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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