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
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
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
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
3/18/2020
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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
CMS issued a long-awaited proposed rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. If finalized, CMS’s proposed rule may require hospitals and payors to make significant...more
2/21/2019
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The ONC finally released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the “information blocking” prohibition of the 21st Century Cures Act by identifying conduct that is not information blocking. If finalized, ONC’s proposed...more
2/15/2019
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On December 7, 2016, the US Congress enacted the 21st Century Cures Act, substantial legislation intended to accelerate “discovery, development and delivery” of medical therapies by encouraging biomedical research investment,...more
1/21/2017
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