A final rule published on July 3, 2023, empowers the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to impose civil monetary penalties (CMP) of up to $1 million for unlawful acts of...more
8/4/2023
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
ONC
The recently unveiled California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework (the Framework) creates a new regulatory and governance structure to promote the exchange of health information between health care providers...more
9/9/2022
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Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Governance Standards ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medi-Cal ,
PHI ,
Physicians ,
Policies and Procedures
Fraud and abuse regulations have been adapted to meet today’s technology for electronic data, promoting cooperation among health care providers for the exchange of health information and the protection of such information...more
2/1/2021
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EHR ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Final Rules ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
OIG ,
ONC ,
Stark Law
Nearly two years after soliciting public suggestions to modify HIPAA rules to improve the coordination of care, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued a Proposed Rule which changes parts of the Privacy Rule...more