Cybersecurity Policy Report, Other Health Law litigation and regulatory developments, (Oct 6, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | Semler Scientific, Inc.
By WK Editorial Staff
A roundup of other items of interest to the Health Law community.
FOOD—FINAL RULES: Listing of color additives exempt from certification, specifically gardenia (genipin) blue (Final Rule, 90 Fed. Reg. 47229 (Oct. 1, 2025)).
GENERAL HEALTH CARE NEWS—OIG REPORTS: Deficiencies with incorporating required cybersecurity language in HHS contracts and timeliness of contractor incident reporting (OIG Report, No. A-18-22-06100 (Sept. 22, 2025)).
GENERAL HEALTH CARE NEWS—GAO REPORTS: Published estimates of the extent and effects of physician consolidation (GAO Report, No. GAO-25-107450 (Sept. 22, 2025)).
MILITARY HEALTH CARE—GAO REPORTS: Information on medical foster homes for veterans (GAO Report, No. GAO-25-107621 (Sept. 29, 2025)).
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS—C.D. Ill.: The court granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss claims alleging Memorial knowingly and intentionally installed the Meta Pixel and other tracking technologies on its website which then sent information to Facebook, Google, and other technology companies (Gittings-Barrera v. Memorial Hospital Association, No. 4:24-cv-04167-SLD-RLH (C.D. Ill. Sept. 26, 2025)).
GENERAL HEALTH CARE NEWS—ONC REPORTS: Hospital trends in the use, evaluation, and governance of predictive AI during 2023-2024 (ASTP Data Brief, No. 80 (Sept. 26, 2025)).
HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE NEWS—Semler Scientific Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. to pay nearly $37M to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to FloChec and QuantaFlo devices.
[TO BE COMPLETED BY EDITORIAL]—CMS REPORT: Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Programs expected to remain stable in 2026.
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