Health Law in the News

Our own Tara Sklar, faculty director of Health Law at University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and director of Telehealth Law and Policy at the Arizona Telemedicine Program, was recently interviewed in a Good Morning America report on weight-loss medications. Head to the 2:00-minute mark to see her in action!

How Patients Navigate Insurance Coverage for Weight-Loss Medications, Good Morning America, Cover Story on Telemedicine and Drugs Used for Weight Loss, October 17, 2023.

 

Professor Sklar was interviewed and quoted in a two-part story in The Verge on telehealth and weight loss medications.

Should Walmart be Data-Mining Your Ozempic Prescriptions? The Verge, Oct. 9, 2023.

Who Wins When Telehealth Companies Push Weight-Loss Drugs, The Verge, Oct. 2, 2023.

 

Professor Sklar appeared on a recent KOLD 13 News report highlighting proposed telemedicine rule changes that might make it difficult for some patients to seek treatment.

Proposed Telemedicine Rules Could Impact Arizona’s Most Vulnerable, KOLD, Feb. 28, 2023.

 

Professor Sklar spoke about her professional opinions and person experiences relating to "Red Flag Laws"--laws that allow courts to order that guns be seized from a person who poses substantial danger to themselves or others.

The Hardest Part of Red Flag Laws Isn’t Getting Them Passed, FiveThirtyEight, Feb. 17, 2023.

Amazon Rx: Data Privacy and Amazon Clinic, Healthline, November 18, 2022 (quote).

Are You Prepared to Grow Old?” National Public Radio KJZZ, July 18, 2022 (quote).

Long-Term Care After COVID-19, Regulatory Review, June 25, 2022 (quote).

How Much Data Does my Employer Have Access to? Mozilla, June 24, 2022 (quote). 

What Does HIPAA Actually Do? National Public Radio Science Friday, June 24, 2022 (interview).   

 Advocacy for Older Adults, Health Sciences Connect, May 31, 2022 (feature). 

Future of Telemedicine,” National Public Radio, All Sides with Ann Fisher, October 6, 2021.

Confusion Over Health Privacy Law,” Bloomberg Law, August 17, 2021 (quoted).

Arizona Colleges and Universities Plan to Tackle COVID-19, Given State Limitations,” Arizona Republic, August 6, 2021 (quoted).

Banner Health Becomes First Private Employer in Arizona to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine,” KVOA, July 29, 2021 (interview).

Tying Colleges’ Hands,” Inside Higher Ed, June 30, 2021 (quoted).

An Expert Weighs In: Is Telemedicine Here to Stay?” MHA Online, June 21, 2021 (interview).

When Can a Business or Institution Mandate COVID Vaccines?” Arizona 360 Public Media – NPR, PBS, and PBS World, June 18, 2021 (interview). 

America’s Nursing Homes Fight to Find Enough Caregivers,” AXIOS, June 9, 2021 (quoted).

Businesses Can Require Employees to Get Vaccinated,” KOLD News, April 19, 2021 (interview).

Telehealth Works, but Upgrade is Still Needed,” The Harvard Gazette, April 8, 2021, (quoted).

Equitable Vaccine Distribution,” Public Health Law Watch, January 26, 2021 (video).