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Supplemental Regulations Updating 42 CFR Part 2 Finalized
Posted on January 04, 2018
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Understanding the Interaction Between EPSDT and Federal Health Information Privacy and Confidentiality Laws
Posted on September 04, 2013
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This paper examines the federal and state law underpinnings of access to patient health records across health care providers and settings of care for Medicaid-eligible children, who are entitled to Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment (...
Health System Transformation and the Role of Health Information Law
Posted on September 03, 2013
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This article, written by Jane Hyatt Thorpe for Public Health Reports, explains the legal aspects of health information and why they are critical for successful health system transformation.
CMS/ONC to Hold Joint Webinar on Accelerating Health Information Exchange
Posted on August 01, 2013
Key Developments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold a webinar on the overall strategy to make health information exchange a critical part of delivery and...
ONC Issues Progress Report to Congress on the Adoption of EHRs and the Meaningful Use Program
Posted on July 01, 2013
Key Developments
The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT issued a progress report to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The report updates Congress on the adoption of health information...
Key Developments
The Department of Health and Human Services published on June 19, 2013, a proposed rule requiring health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act to report privacy and security issues and breaches individually identifiable information to...
Senators Introduce Bill to Provide the Public Free Access to Medicare Claims Data
Posted on June 20, 2013
Key Developments
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced the Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act (Medicare DATA Act, S. 1180) on June 18, 2013. The law would require HHS to create free, searchable database of all...
Key Developments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in May the average charges for the 100 most common Medicare inpatient procedures, demonstrating the wide variation in hospital charges for the same procedures. On June 3, 2013, CMS also...
Federal Judge Lifts 33-Year Ban on CMS Disclosure of Physician Reimbursement Data
Posted on June 13, 2013
Key Developments
A long-standing Federal court injunction that prohibited CMS from releasing physician reimbursement data has been dismissed. On May 31, 2013, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an order vacating the injunction,...
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