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.
Congress Continues to Focus on Integrating Telehealth Solutions into Healthcare Delivery
By McDermott Will & Emery, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Dec 7, 2016
Posted In Telehealth
On December 6, 2016, the House passed the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act (S. 2873) (the ECHO Act), which was unanimously passed by the Senate on November 29, 2016. The ECHO Act seeks to expand the use of health care technology and programming to connect underserved communities and populations with critical health care services....
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Bipartisan Legislation Proposes Telehealth Solutions for Effective Chronic Disease Management
By Dale C. Van Demark, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Nov 28, 2016
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
Collaborative efforts between congressional offices and various health care stakeholders, as well as the feedback provided in response to the Bipartisan CHRONIC Care Working Group Policy Options Document released in December of 2015, have driven the Senate Finance Committee to introduce a draft of bipartisan legislation known as the CHRONIC Care Act, which seeks to...
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Commercial Insurers Urge Congressional Budget Office to Consider their Telemedicine Data
By Lisa Mazur on Oct 28, 2016
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
In hopes of expanding reimbursement opportunities for telemedicine services in the Medicare program, representatives of eleven payers, including Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Cambia Health Solutions and Humana, asked CBO director Keith Hall in a public letter to consider their data when evaluating the impact of Medicare coverage of telemedicine services. Medicare...
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FTC Weighs-in on Telehealth, Comments on Delaware’s Occupational Therapy Practice Rule
By McDermott Will & Emery, Ashley Fischer, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on Sep 15, 2016
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
On August 3, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff submitted public comments regarding the Delaware Board of Occupational Therapy Practice’s proposed regulation for the provision of occupational therapy services via telehealth in Delaware (the Proposed Regulation). The FTC’s comments to the Proposed Regulation follow its comments to Alaska’s telehealth legislation earlier this year and evidence its...
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Digital Health: An Improving Environment for Investors
By Dale C. Van Demark and Lisa Mazur on Jul 12, 2016
Posted In General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care industry envision delivery models rivaling those imagined by celebrated science fiction authors, and claim that the integration of information technology into even the most basic health...
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AMA Approves New Ethical Guidance Policy and Encourages Telemedicine Training for Students and Residents
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Jun 20, 2016
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
New Ethical Guidelines On June 13, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new ethical guidance policy governing the practice of telemedicine that will be published in the coming months. The policy is based on a report from the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs and builds upon the AMA’s 2014 telemedicine guidance. Consistent...
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Louisiana Joins its Peers in Removing In-State Barriers to Telemedicine
By McDermott Will & Emery and Lisa Mazur on Jun 17, 2016
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Telehealth
Last week, Louisiana legislators approved the removal of certain restrictions on the delivery of telemedicine services to residents of Louisiana to encourage the provision of telemedicine services in the state. H.B. No. 570 was signed by the President of the Senate on June 5, 2016 and sent to Governor John Bel Edwards on June 6,...
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FTC Weighs-in on Telehealth: Providing Comments Regarding Alaska’s Proposed Licensure and Standard of Care Requirements
By McDermott Will & Emery, Ashley Fischer, Lisa Mazur and Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. on May 12, 2016
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Telehealth
In March 2016, the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) staff submitted public comments regarding the telehealth provisions of a proposed state bill in Alaska demonstrating the FTC’s continued focus on health care competition and general discouragement of anti competitive conduct in health care markets, with a renewed interest and focus on telehealth.
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Developing and Implementing an Effective Telemedicine Informed Consent Form
By Lisa Mazur on May 10, 2016
Posted In Consumer Protection, Data Privacy, General Interest, Mobile Apps, Telehealth
The search by consumers, payers and providers for more efficient, effective and convenient care delivery models has led to an explosion of technological innovation in the health care sector. This explosion has supported the increased use of telemedicine by providers to reach patients who were previously out of reach, and to provide more timely and cost-effective...
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New Year, New Telehealth Opportunities
By Lisa Mazur on Feb 11, 2016
Posted In General Interest, Telehealth
As we reflect upon how the health care industry has changed in 2015 and what we expect to see in 2016, there is one area that stands out as having great promise for continued growth—telehealth. There were more than 200 telehealth-related bills introduced in 42 states in 2015, many of which helped to encourage the...
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