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New ONC Final Rule Expands Information Blocking Regulatory Exceptions

On December 13, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification...more

HHS Issues Provider Information Blocking Disincentives Proposed Rule

On October 30, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a...more

Special Report - A Million Reasons to Share: OIG’s Final Rule on Information Blocking Enforcement

On July 3, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its long-awaited final rule implementing the 21st Century Cures Act provisions authorizing OIG to investigate claims...more

Key Takeaways | Putting Employee Wellness Programs to Work

During this session, panelists discussed the unique opportunities and challenges of digital-health wellness programs that partner with employers and health plans in considering, adopting and operationalizing wellness programs...more

OCR Issues Proposed Rule to Modify HIPAA Privacy Rule to Include Explicit Protections for Reproductive Healthcare

On April 12, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing its proposal to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule (Proposed Rule). The...more

[Webinar] Do Cookies Collect PHI? A Deep Dive into the OCR Bulletin on Online Tracking Technologies - February 22nd, 1:00 pm -...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin (Dec. 2022) outlining the obligations for HIPAA covered entities and businesses when deploying online tracking...more

Major Changes Proposed to Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Law

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published December 2, 2022 (the Proposed Rule), the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed long-awaited changes to the regulations protecting the...more

HHS Issues Guidance on Requirements Under HIPAA for Online Tracking Technologies, Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns Related...

On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin on the obligations of covered entities and business associates (regulated entities) under the...more

[Webinar] 340B ESP AND HIPAA COMPLIANCE - December 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Many pharmaceutical manufacturers currently require 340B covered entities to provide de-identified pharmacy claims data for dispensed 340B drugs to a third party, 340B ESP, as a condition of receiving discounts under the 340B...more

Navigating Data Privacy Questions Post-Dobbs

The US Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has raised many questions about potential efforts by law enforcement agencies to obtain data from healthcare and...more

[Webinar] The Overturning of Roe v. Wade - June 29th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Dobbs), overturning Roe v. Wade (Roe) and upending 50 years of precedent protecting a woman’s right...more

OCR Issues Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Privacy Rule to Remove Barriers to Coordination of Care and Reduce Regulatory Burden

On December 10, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with proposed modifications to the Standards for the Privacy of...more

ONC Extends Compliance Date for Information Blocking Rule

On November 4, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published an interim final rule with comment period in the Federal Register that...more

Information Blocking Considerations for Health Systems Offering EHR System Access to Community Physicians and Facilitating Health...

On September 17, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget received an Interim Final Rule for review from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) entitled “Information Blocking and the ONC Health IT...more

Could Offering EHR System Access to Community Providers Lead to Civil Monetary Penalties for Information Blocking?

Under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act final rule, effective July 1, 2020, health care providers, in their capacities as such, are not subject to civil monetary penalties....more

ONC and CMS Delay Enforcement Dates for Certain Provisions of the 21st Century Cures and Interoperability Final Rules, and OIG...

On April 21, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they will...more

COVID-19 Relief Law Includes Major Changes to Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Law

As part of the CARES Act signed into law on March 27, 2020, Congress included a provision directing the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to modify long-standing regulatory restrictions under the federal substance...more

OCR Waives Penalties for Certain PHI Use, Disclosure by Business Associates During COVID-19 Emergency

On April 2, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced that it will not impose civil money penalties against covered entity health care providers or their business associates for a...more

Special Report - ONC Releases Final Rule Implementing Cures Act Information Blocking Prohibition

On March 9, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its long-awaited final rule identifying conduct that does not...more

Analyzing Fee Restrictions for Health IT and EHI Under ONC’s Final Information Blocking Rule

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology recently released a final rule under the 21st Century Cures Act to promote interoperability of health IT and advance access, exchange or use of...more

CMS Final Rule Aims to Advance Interoperability, Exchange of Clinical and Plan Information

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its highly anticipated final rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. CMS’s final rule will require hospitals...more

[Webinar] Navigating the New ONC Requirements for APIs - March 31st, 12:30 pm ET

ONC finalized changes to the certification criteria for application programming interfaces (APIs) that have the potential to improve the ability of patients to access electronic health information through a third party...more

[Webinar] CMS Interoperability Rule - March 26th, 12:30 pm ET

CMS's final rule requires that CMS-regulated payors implement APIs that allow patient information to be shared more readily among patients, health care providers and payors. It also imposes a new Medicare condition of...more

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