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ASTP Adopts New Protecting Care Access Exception

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On December 17, 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

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HHS Finalizes Disincentives for Healthcare Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking

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Last week, HHS published its final rule outlining disincentives for certain healthcare providers that have committed information blocking (the Final Rule). The Final Rule also provides information related to OIG’s...more

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Information Blocking: Disincentives Established for Health Care Providers

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now established disincentives for certain health care providers if found by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking...more

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Million Dollar Maybe: Enforcement of Cures Act Information Blocking Prohibitions Begins

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As of September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) can officially begin enforcement against Certified Health Information Technology (“HIT”) developers, health...more

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[Webinar] How Not to Lose $1M: Preparing for HHS-OIG Info Blocking Enforcement - August 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a final rule to implement its authority under the 21st Century Cures Act to investigate allegations of information blocking and...more

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OIG Issues Final Information Blocking Enforcement Rule and Highlights the Potential for Referrals to the FTC and FCA Liability

On June 27, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing penalties for information blocking....more

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Information Blocking: What Providers And Programmers Need To Know

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Federal enforcement of the 21st Century Cures Act’s (the Cures Act) prohibitions on improper blocking of electronic health information is ramping up. The Cures Act already targets technology developers and health information...more

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Interoperability and Information Blocking Final...

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As of April 5, 2021, health information technology companies and developers are required to comply with the information blocking provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) and the Office of the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | ONC and CMS Final Rules

Aimed at enabling greater patient access and mandating interoperability, recent Final Rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“ONC”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) have put...more

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K&L Gates Triage: The Preventing Harm Exception to the ONC Information Blocking Rule

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In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz and Maggie Power discuss the Preventing Harm Exception to the Information Blocking Rule, which was recently finalized in the Office of the National Coordinator for...more

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HHS Publishes New Health Data Interoperability and Patient Access Rules

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On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two major regulations that will give patients additional access to their health data, while also addressing security of that information. Health...more

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HHS releases final rules on interoperability and information blocking

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On March 9, 2020, two final rules on electronic health information were issued by the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)....more

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Can We Expect to See ONC’s Final Rule on Information Blocking Soon?

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A recent update to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website suggests that the answer is “yes”—though that depends on how one defines “soon.” According to its website, OMB received the Office of the National...more

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