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ASTP Proposes Certification Criteria for Patient, Payer and Provider APIs

On August 5, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP) published the Health Data,...more

8/9/2024 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Electronic Medical Records , Health Care Providers , Health Information Technologies , Healthcare , Information Blocking Rules , Proposed Rules , Regulatory Agenda

Special Report - 2019 Hospital and Health Systems Year in Review

Hospitals and health systems are facing consumer demand for innovation, the need to expand and enhance streams of revenue and the push for improved quality, all while navigating changing regulations, federal enforcement,...more

2/6/2020 / Antitrust Litigation , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , CMIA , Cyber Attacks , Cybersecurity , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Health Care Providers , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , Hospitals , Medicare , No-Poaching , OCR , Popular , Ransomware

21st Century Cures: Required Exploration of Telehealth Solutions

President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act on December 13, 2016. The act encourages biomedical research investment and facilitates innovation review and approval processes, but also serves as a vehicle for a wide...more

12/14/2016 / 21st Century Cures Initiative , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Healthcare , Medicare , MedPAC , Telehealth

CMS Releases Broad Data on Prescribing Patterns of Physicians and Providers Under Medicare Part D

In a highly anticipated and scrutinized decision, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new public data set on April 30, 2015, that includes detailed data regarding the prescribing patterns of...more

5/26/2015 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Data-Sharing , Healthcare , Medicare , Medicare Part D , Pharmaceutical Industry , Physicians , Prescription Drugs

CMS Finalizes Proposal to Remove Continuing Medical Education Exclusion from Sunshine Act Regulations

On October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final Medicare physician fee schedule rule for CY 2015 (the Final Rule), which also includes certain changes to the Sunshine Regulations. ...more

11/13/2014 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Continuing Medical Education , Final Rules , Medicare , Pharmaceutical Industry , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Sunshine Act

CMS Proposes Removing CME Exclusion from Sunshine Act Regulations, Citing Redundancy with Indirect Payment Exclusion

In the July 3, 2014, issue of the Federal Register, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed calendar year 2015 Medicare physician fee schedule update (the Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule...more

8/8/2014 / Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Continuing Medical Education , Medicare , Physician Medicare Reimbursements , Proposed Regulation , Sunshine Act

CMS Proposes to Expand Access to Part D Data for Research

On January 10, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule to alter key components of the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Programs (Proposed Rule). Understandably, the Proposed Rule...more

3/18/2014 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicare , Medicare Part D

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