On March 17, 2020, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that in light of the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency, it is exercising its enforcement discretion and, effective immediately, will not impose penalties on physicians using telehealth in the event of noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
On October 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. The proposed rules seek to provide greater certainty for healthcare providers participating in value-based arrangements and providing coordinated care for pat...
On June 25, the White House announced an initiative to encourage greater transparency in drug pricing. President Trump signed an Executive Order on June 25, entitled “Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First.” The purpose of the order is to direct federal agencies to issue regulations to improve the transparency...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would extend until June 3 the comment periods for CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed interoperability and information blocking rules. CMS also announced that as a result of public comments, it will adjust the effective dates...