[05/29/20]
Posted on May 29, 2020 in COVID-19 Daily Updates, Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
A pair of final rules were published May 1, 2020, by HHS. The first rule issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“ONC”) relates to the 21st Century Cures Act information blocking provisions and the ONC Health IT certification program (“Info Blocking Regulations”). The second rule issued by CMS relates... READ MORE
Tags: API, application programming interfaces, EHI, Electronic health information, health it, HIPAA, Information Blocking, Interoperability, ONC Health IT Certification
[02/19/19]
Posted on February 19, 2019 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that a health system in California (the “System”) was required to pay a $3 million fine and adopt an extensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The System operates several hospitals, including a rehabilitation hospital... READ MORE
Tags: Cottage Health, ePHI, health it, HIPAA, HIPAA Breach, OCR, OCR enforcement, PHI
[02/15/19]
Posted on February 15, 2019 in Federal Advocacy
Published by: Hall Render
Government Funded After Congress Borders on Another Shutdown Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a funding deal that avoids another partial government shutdown that would have occurred at midnight tonight. The measure would fund nine out of fifteen federal departments through September 30, 2019. President Trump is expected to sign the legislation into... READ MORE
Tags: cms, ET3 Model, government shutdown, health it, Medicare, Medicare Buy-In, This Week in Washington
[07/17/12]
Posted on July 17, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Written by: Michael T. Batt
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementations are complex and challenging. Even after substantial preparation, due diligence and physician commitment, implementations do fail. If you are struggling with an EHR implementation, here are four action items to help you navigate the storm: READ MORE
Tags: ehr, EHRs, failure, health it, HIT, implementation, installation
[07/16/12]
Posted on July 16, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Since 2005, a group of associations, such as LeadingAge, AHCA, AMDA, and many others, has hosted an annual summit to discuss the information technology (IT) issues long term care and post acute care providers face. The group, known as the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Collaborative, publishes a Road Map for LTPAC providers to... READ MORE
Tags: ahca, amda, bufford, care, costs, health it, Home Health, Hospice, IT, jent, leadingage, long term care, long-term, ltpac, quality, road map, selby
[07/09/12]
Posted on July 9, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
Since 2005, a group of associations known as the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology Collaborative (the Collaborative) have hosted the annual LTPAC Health IT Summit to discuss and advance health IT issues for long LTPAC providers. Following the Summit, the Collaborative publishes a Road Map that identifies the progress... READ MORE
Tags: aanac, accountable care, ahca, ahima, amda, batt, bufford, bundled payment, care coordination, cast, cms, crm, ehr, employee, facility, health it, healthcare, hms, improvement, IT, leadingage, long term care, ltc, ltpac, nasl, ncal, nf, nursing home, oig, pace, process, provider, quality, rehospitalization, road map, skill, snf, summit, technology, training
