In August, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published guidance relating to individuals’ rights to access their protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA. As we covered in our earlier blog post about the August guidance, the new FAQs came amidst OCR’s continued enforcement focus on its Right of Access initiative, under which the OCR has
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ONC Information Blocking Data Show Majority of Claims Against Health Care Providers
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Posted in Health Information Privacy
On February 28, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued data on information blocking claims received since April 5, 2021, the effective date of information blocking regulations enacted under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). As a reminder, in accordance with the Cures Act’s prohibition on certain…
HHS Finalizes Joint Rules on Electronic Health Record Interoperability and Access
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Posted in Health Information Privacy
On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced final rules seeking to give patients more access to, and control of, their health data. The final rules were issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The ONC…
21st Century Cures Act Includes Prohibition on Information Blocking and Mandates for Additional HIPAA Guidance
By Conor Duffy on
On November 30, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives voted strongly in favor of the 21st Century Cures Act (the Act), an expansive health bill that addresses the discovery and development of new medical therapies as well the delivery of health care treatment by providers.
In 2015, the House had previously approved an earlier version…