On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order as a part of the administration's continued efforts to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies. Although many...more
11/8/2023
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Data sharing and interoperability have been key objectives for health care providers, health plans and other industry participants for several years, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the...more
On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a series of announcements signaling its intention to finalize and enforce certain aspects of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Cures Act...more
4/30/2020
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There is no question that COVID-19 has brought unprecedented change to our world. The temporary relaxation of HIPAA's requirements is one of many examples of the government's efforts to address the public's health care needs...more
3/24/2020
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On March 16 and 17, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced limited waivers of penalties and sanctions with respect to certain HIPAA requirements due to the...more
On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized two sets of regulations that are intended to increase patients' access to health data. As explained by HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar, "These...more
On the day before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., the ONC released its draft Strategy on...more
The OIG added seven new items to its Work Plan in the May 2018 update. Among the issues addressed are emergency preparedness, the impact of generics on Medicaid drug rebates, reviews of claims for Part B outpatient cardiac...more
5/29/2018
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