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Highlights
New Analysis: Medicare Advantage and the False Claims Act
Posted on April 1, 2020
Health Information & the Law project researchers, Jane Hyatt Thorpe and Elizabeth Gray, recently published a brief discussing how the Medicare program continues to transform to better support high-quality value-based care, yet the federal fraud and abuse legal framework has not kept pace with that shift. The authors highlight challenges associated with application of the current fraud and... Read More >
A message to our users
Posted on February 13, 2020
Health Information & the Law is a unique resource that is used by thousands of people every month. Funding for this project from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ended in 2016 and our pace of production is limited without dedicated resources. We want to keep the HealthInfoLaw.org website available to the public as well as update laws, add new comparative maps and other resources, and ensure... Read More >
New Products: Pennsylvania Law and Policy Governing the Confidentiality of Substance Use Treatment Information: Challenges and Opportunities
Posted on December 18, 2019
Pennsylvania Law and Policy Governing the Confidentiality of Substance Use Treatment Information: Challenges and Opportunities
The Health Information & the Law team recently completed an analysis of the legal and policy challenges surrounding the disclosure of substance use treatment information in Pennsylvania. The goal of this brief and these appendices is to help stakeholders... Read More >
New Products: Interoperability Issue Brief Series
Posted on May 28, 2019
About this Issue Brief Series: As the American healthcare system shifts to reward value rather than volume, improving quality and lowering costs are high priorities among healthcare stakeholders. Increased access to data across settings has the potential to greatly improve the quality of health care delivery and care coordination. However, using and exchanging health information across the care... Read More >
New Products: Application Programming Interfaces
Posted on April 9, 2019
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are sets of rules and protocols that govern the interactions between two software applications. They can be used to improve interoperability between electronic health record (EHR) systems. The proposed rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) both propose... Read More >
Health Information Issue Brief Series, authored by the Health Information and the Law Team
Posted on March 7, 2019
The Health Information & the Law team authored a series of four issue briefs for the American Hospital Association highlighting data from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement. Each brief focuses on an aspect of the application of heath information technology in hospitals. The first brief, "Expanding Electronic Patient Engagement," addresses the state of patient's... Read More >
ONC and CMS Release Proposed Interoperability Rules
Posted on February 19, 2019
On February, 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued proposed rules to “support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.”
The ONC proposed rule implements the information blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act,... Read More >
Health Information and the Law Team presents in Temple University’s Exploring Policy Surveillance webinar series
Posted on January 17, 2019
On January 15, 2019, the Health Information and the Law (HIL) team presented “Policy Surveillance: Focus on State Law.” The presentation outlined our research methodology, which uses keywords to create a taxonomy used to gather and organize information found on HIL. This was a part of the “Policy Surveillance Methods and Standards” presentation, and was week one of Temple... Read More >
Health Information and the Law Team Presents NIH Grand Rounds Webinar on the Legal and Ethical Architecture for PCOR Data
Posted on April 6, 2018
On April 6, 2018, the Health Information and the Law team presented their "Legal and Ethical Architecture for PCOR Data," which can be viewed by clicking here. The presenters stressed that while the patient centered outcomes research (PCOR) framework is not intended to replace conversations with individual counsel, it will serve as a guidance to researchers seeking to share patient centered... Read More >
ONC publishes Legal and Ethical Architecture for PCOR Data, authored by Health Information & the Law team
Posted on March 1, 2018
HealthInfoLaw team members Jane Hyatt Thorpe, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Elizabeth Gray, and Marie Mongeon authored the Legal and Ethical Architecture for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) Data, published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The full brief is available through the Health Information & the Law website here and through ONC'... Read More >
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