Last week, HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with a Pennsylvania provider (the Provider) concerning an alleged violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Specifically, the Provider impermissibly disclosed a...more
12/18/2024
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Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
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Last week, HHS published its final rule outlining disincentives for certain healthcare providers that have committed information blocking (the Final Rule). The Final Rule also provides information related to OIG’s...more
7/5/2024
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Actions ,
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Information Technology ,
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OIG
Last week, CMS updated its technical implementation guide to the machine-readable file, a requirement of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule. The updated technical implementation guide—which contains data dictionaries, CSV...more