Access to quality healthcare services has long been a priority of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) this agency has, since at least 2001, sought to provide...more
12/18/2024
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Age Discrimination ,
Biden Administration ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data-Sharing ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicare ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OCR ,
Patient Access ,
PHI ,
Private Right of Action ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Title IV ,
Title IX
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continued its commitment to timely and full access to health records on June 24, 2024, through the finalization of its information blocking disincentives rule for...more
6/28/2024
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
ACOs ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Blocking ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
OIG ,
ONC ,
PHI ,
Secretary of HHS
Two divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) – released the "21st Century Cures Act:...more
11/1/2023
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
ACOs ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Medicare ,
ONC ,
Proposed Rules