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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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CMS Releases CY 2022 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 19, 2021, released its calendar year (CY) 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed...more

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Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the...

On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify”...more

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[Webinar] Re-Mapping the Fraud and Abuse Landscape: Understanding Proposed Reforms - February 13th, 1:00 pm ET

What larger healthcare goals are fueling the proposed revisions to AKS and Stark? What safe harbors and exceptions are introduced in the proposed rules? And what would the potentially transformational changes mean for...more

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New Safe Harbors In A Storm of Risk and Regulations: A Review of the OIG’s Proposed Changes to the Federal Anti-Kickback Laws

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In an effort to modernize and clarify a statute that looms large in the minds of health care providers across the nation, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently...more

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[Webinar] Regulatory Sprint To Coordinate Care - November 19th, 21st, and December 5th, 12:30 pm ET

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To help accelerate the transformation of the US healthcare system from a fee-for-service to a value-based system, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) launched its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care”...more

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Proposed Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations May Provide New Flexibility for Healthcare Providers

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On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposals for a number of new and revised exceptions to the Stark Law and safe harbors for the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) that are intended to...more

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K&L Gates Triage: The Opioid Epidemic & the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records: an Update on 42 CFR Part 2 - Part 1...

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This episode is the first in a series focusing on recent efforts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to update 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2) regulations related to the confidentiality of...more

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[Webinar] Preparing Your Organization for the ONC/HHS Information Blocking Rule - October 10th, 1:00 pm ET

Earlier this year, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed rules implementing the information blocking...more

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CMS Proposes Rule Regarding the Exchange of Electronic Health Information Which Impacts Hospitals, Clinicians and Government...

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On February 11, 2019, CMS issued a proposed rule, to improve access to electronic health information (the Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule results from the 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act), in which CMS and the Office...more

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CMS Releases Proposed Rule to Advance Interoperability and the Exchange of Medical Record and Plan Information

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CMS issued a long-awaited proposed rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. If finalized, CMS’s proposed rule may require hospitals and payors to make significant...more

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Regulators Look to Increase Interoperability and Patient Access to Health Data

Federal regulators are flexing their regulatory muscle to accelerate a long-desired but often elusive goal: the interoperability of health information technology (health IT) systems. Interoperability refers to the ability of...more

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ONC Proposes to Define Conduct That Is Not Information Blocking under the Cures Act

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The ONC finally released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the “information blocking” prohibition of the 21st Century Cures Act by identifying conduct that is not information blocking. If finalized, ONC’s proposed...more

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Proposed New Rules Submitted to OMB on Information Blocking

On September 17, 2018, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) submitted proposed new rules to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), entitled, “21st Century Cures Act:...more

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