The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule on January 17, 2024, which according to CMS.gov “emphasizes the need to improve health information exchange to achieve appropriate and necessary access to… Read More ›
DATA ACCESS & INTEROPERABILITY
HHS Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability Final Rule furthers Agency’s effort to build the Digital Foundation for U.S. Health Care
After releasing a proposed rule in April 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the final Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Rule on December 13,… Read More ›
AHA Files Suit Seeking to Preserve the Ability of Hospitals to Use Third Party Tracking Technologies on Public Webpages
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is challenging a healthcare data privacy Bulletin issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Bulletin in question prohibits HIPAA-regulated entities from using third-party tracking… Read More ›
Proposed HHS Data Interoperability Rule Seeks to Address AI and Bring Certification Program Updates
In April of this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule concerning data interoperability that is of significant importance to developers of health information technology (health IT). Having the title, “Health Data, Technology, and… Read More ›
HHS OIG Establishes Final Rule for Information Blocking Enforcement
On July 3, 2023, a final rule establishing the penalties for information blocking, which according to the HealthIT.gov site refers to practices that are “likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI),” was published… Read More ›