Important developments related to required price reporting to Medicare for clinical laboratories under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) have recently occurred. As a result, the clinical laboratory...more
8/1/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CLFS ,
Clinical Laboratories ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
Medicare Part C ,
PAMA ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reimbursements
All players in the health and wellness ecosystem should be following developments around the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). If enacted, the ADPPA would be a watershed in the regulation of the privacy and...more
The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently published an Advisory Opinion in which it concluded that the provision of free genetic testing and counseling services by a...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain industry feedback and inform potential future rulemaking regarding information...more
4/14/2022
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
NIST ,
OCR ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Social Security Act
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) leadership announced during last week’s HIMSS 2022 Conference that the agencies will be focusing on...more
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published noteworthy information blocking claim submission trends to date in its recent Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers post on the...more
While the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the 21st Century Cures Act; Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Information Blocking...more