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HHS update on HIT activities

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 13 2013

CMS and ONC have posted a fact sheet that details progress HHS has made in promoting the growth of health information technology since the enactment

HHS considering HIPAA privacy rule amendments to allow reporting of mental health data to national instant criminal background check system

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 8 2013

HHS is soliciting comments on whether to amend the HIPAA Privacy Rule to expressly permit covered entities holding information about the identities

HHS invites comments on advancing interoperability and health information exchange

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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March 13 2013

CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) are seeking comments on a series of potential policies

CMS announces 90-day enforcement discretion period for HIPAA eligibility & claim status operating rules

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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January 14 2013

On January 2, 2013, CMS announced a 90-day "enforcement discretion period" with respect to operating rules mandated by the ACA for two transactions:

ONC seeks comments on Health IT patient safety action and surveillance plan

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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January 14 2013

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking comments on its draft "Health IT Patient Safety Action

ONC invites comments on Stage 3 meaningful use policy

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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November 29 2012

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has issued a Request for Comment on Stage 3 meaningful use recommendations, which will “target a collaborative model of care with shared responsibility and accountability”

OIG recommends improvements to CMS response to health information breaches

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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October 15 2012

The OIG has given the CMS mixed reviews regarding the extent to which it meets American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) requirements to notify affected beneficiaries when the privacy or security of their protected health information is compromised

Hospitals return fire after administration warns hospitals against gaming payments through electronic health records

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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September 28 2012

In a letter to five major hospital associations on September 24, 2012, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., made sweeping generalizations about the improper utilization of electronic health record (EHR) technology to “game the system” to increase reimbursement

OIG finds lax CMS healthcare integrity and protection data bank reporting

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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September 27 2012

The OIG recently followed up on a 2010 report which found that CMS did not report all adverse actions against providers to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank as required

HIPAA electronic funds transfer, remittance advance standards

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 19 2012

HHS has announced via a web posting that it's adopting without change its January 10, 2012 interim final rule with comment period adopting standards for health care electronic funds transfers (EFT) and remittance advice transaction under HIPAA