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Key Developments
OCR Releases Fact Sheet on Direct Liability of Business Associates under HIPAA
Posted on May 28, 2019
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a new fact sheet on May 24, which provides a “compilation of all provisions through which a business associate can be held directly liable for... Read More >
ONC Releases Data Briefs on Health IT Use and Interoperability among Office-based Physicians
Posted on May 21, 2019
ONC released a data brief analyzing individuals’ use of and access to their electronic health records (EHRs) between 2017-2018. Patients' rates of being offered access to online health records... Read More >
CMS Releases New Rule to Improve Interoperability and Access to Health Data
Posted on February 12, 2019
On February 11, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule to make patient data more accessible while improving quality. The... Read More >
Government Accountability Office releases report on Patient Record Matching
Posted on January 17, 2019
On January 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a health information technology report titled, “Approaches and Challenges to Electronically Matching Patient’s Records... Read More >
HHS and OCR release RFI regarding care coordination, information sharing and HIPAA
Posted on December 19, 2018
On Wednesday, December 12, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on how the Health... Read More >
OHRP releases a draft guidance document regarding the revised Common Rule.
Posted on November 20, 2018
On Monday, November 19, 2018 the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) released a draft guidance regarding provisions that institutions may choose to implement during the Common Rule’s... Read More >
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