Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced the...more
7/5/2024
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) on October 30, 2023, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to establish penalties for healthcare providers found to have committed information blocking. This...more
11/9/2023
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