Hot Topics in Healthcare

Sponsored by the Health Law Section, this educational event will touch on current issues in healthcare.

Specific topics include:

• Access to care challenges in the area of mental health
• ACOs as a tool for state healthcare reform
• Hospitals in transition now: delivery and payment systems
• Digital health: consumer-facing and professional-facing health apps, big data analytics and the FDA/HHS/FTC regulatory environment
• Legal / privacy issues that arise in the health IT context (MassHIway, APCDs, IT for BH integration and care coordination)
• Issues for physicians regarding medical marijuana laws and regulations
• The HIPAA Omnibus Rule: living with the new breach notification standard