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Fast Facts: Proposed HIPAA Amendments to Facilitate Reporting for Firearm Background Checks



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Fast Facts: Electronic Health Record Exceptions under Federal Anti-kickback Law and Physician Self-Referral Law Extended



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EHR Exception to Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws: New Products

Myth Buster: Providers violate federal law by accepting donated EHR software



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HHS Releases SAFER Guides

On January 15, 2014, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides, which include interactive tools (such as self-assessment checklists, practice worksheets, and recommended practices) to help health care providers assess and optimize the safety and safe use electronic health information technology products, such as electronic health records (EHRs).

The Affordable Care Act's Transparency Requirements



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RWJF reports detail benefits for states implementing all-payer claims databases

On January 14, 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released two briefs that provide information on the benefits and value of all-payer claims databases (APCDs).

CMS to disclose physician's Medicare reimbursement data

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking establishing a new policy that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will follow in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information on Medicare reimbursement amounts paid to individual physicians.

OCR HIPAA Audit Protocol

Rating the Quality of Qualified Health Plans Sold in the Marketplace

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