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Healthcare Provider Disincentives for Information Blocking

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On June 31, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a final rule establishing penalties for healthcare providers who violate the information blocking rules implemented under the 21st Century Cures...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

HHS Rule Targets Health Providers Blocking Patient Info Sharing (RIN 0955-AA05)

Healthcare providers are facing penalties for blocking access to a patient’s electronic health information under a new Biden administration rule. On June 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...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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Providers Take Note: The Common Agreement Version 2.0 Released

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the anticipated Common Agreement Version 2.0 on April 22, 2024. Since 2016, the ONC has been working to implement the requirements of the...more

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Proposed Penalties for Information Blocking Violations

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On October 30, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule establishing penalties for healthcare providers who violate the information blocking rules implemented under the 21st Century...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Information Blocking Penalties for Healthcare Providers: HHS Proposed Rule

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

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HHS Proposes Rule to Establish Penalties for Committing Information Blocking: What Providers Need to Know

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On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to establish disincentives for healthcare providers that engage in information blocking under the 21st...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Proposes Disincentives for Providers that Commit Information Blocking

On November 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule titled “21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams

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In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, healthcare attorney Eddie Williams joins to discuss the dissemination of electronic health information and provisions regarding information blocking. He...more

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OIG Releases Final Rule for Information Blocking Penalties

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On July 3, the Department of Health, and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a final rule establishing the statutory civil money penalties created by the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”)...more

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Special Report - A Million Reasons to Share: OIG’s Final Rule on Information Blocking Enforcement

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On July 3, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its long-awaited final rule implementing the 21st Century Cures Act provisions authorizing OIG to investigate claims...more

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Accessing/Disclosing Prescription Information On Software Platforms

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Question: Our eScribe software allows us to access a patient’s prescription history. We are able to see what medications have been prescribed by other health care providers. MAPS also allows us to do this. When requesting...more

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Legislation shines light on health information sharing

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Concerns regarding both the sharing and privacy of patient health information affect every facet of the health care system — from health care providers and their patients to pharmacies and insurance companies alike. According...more

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Brightree and MatrixCare Support Interoperability

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Brightree by ResMed (“Brightree”), a cloud-based management software platform for healthcare providers, has conducted its biannual interoperability survey, and issued its corresponding biannual Interoperability and Engagement...more

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Focus on Electronic Health Information

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There have been several recent governmental actions which highlight the balance between securing electronic patient information and the need for interoperability and appropriate exchange of such information. This article will...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

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Health Care Triage: The Information Blocking Rule's "Glide Path" - Compliance with the Information Blocking Rule After the...

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In this episode, Gina Bertolini and Stephen Page discuss the most recent Information Blocking Rule compliance deadline. Using a recent letter from several health care providers and other stakeholders to the Office of the...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect

As a bonus to Bond’s October 18 Back to Business webinar, Bond labor and employment attorney Travis R. Talerico talked about the recently expanded definition of electronic health information as it pertains to the...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

REMINDER: October 6 Deadline for Information Blocking Rules Approaches

Health care providers subject to the Information Blocking rules issued under the 21st Century Cures Act, Pub.L. 114–255, are reminded that such Information Blocking rules will apply to an expanded set of information beginning...more

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Podcast: Interoperability: Health Care's Next Disruptor Is openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care

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How is openEHR transforming the way health data is managed and stored across Europe? Will it soon disrupt the U.S. marketplace? In this episode of our special series on interoperability, hear from Alastair Allen, CTO of...more

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Podcast: Interoperability: A New Vision Through openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care

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In the past decade, certified electronic health records (EHRs) have been instrumental in transforming medical records from paper to digital formats. What obstacles are currently preventing providers from sharing patient...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Healthcare Alert - HHS Information Blocking Rule: The 8 Exceptions

Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act advancing the interoperability of electronic health...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Provider Obligations for Patient Portals Under the 21st Century Cures Act

When Congress prohibited “information blocking” under the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, it made no reference to patient portals. Similarly, the word “portal” does not appear in the 6,000-word information blocking...more

White and Williams LLP

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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