White Paper: OIG Finalizes New and Revises Existing AKS Safe Harbors and Creates New CMP Law Exception Wednesday, January 20, 2021
On 2 December 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule or Rule).
3The Final Rule adds multiple new safe harbors, revises several existing safe harbors under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and adds new protections under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMP Law) which were first addressed in the 17 October 2019 proposed rule.
4 The Final Rule is a key part of HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, which aims to remove potential regulatory barriers to care coordination and value-based care created by applicable health care laws. HHS identified the broad reach of the AKS and the prohibition on beneficiary inducements in the CMP Law as potentially inhibiting beneficial arrangements that would advance the transition to va
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Nearly $20 million in new investments will support opportunities to track vaccination progress, help clinicians pinpoint and contact high-risk patients, and coordinate appointments for patients due to receive the second dose of the vaccine. (Getty/Meyer & Meyer)
As the nation continues to ramp up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, providers will need to track patients due to receive the second dose of the vaccine and better identify high-risk patients.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), is making major investments to help increase data sharing between health information exchanges (HIEs) and immunization information systems.
Arcadia Congratulates Micky Tripathi on New Leadership Role as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with the Department of Health and Human Services
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BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Arcadia, the leading population health management and healthcare intelligence platform company, congratulates Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, on his new leadership role as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Most recently, Tripathi served as Arcadia s Chief Alliance Officer and was responsible for developing strategic partnerships between Arcadia and other innovative companies to further accelerate the use of advanced technology to improve healthcare.
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Lab experiments suggest that available vaccines may be less effective against new SARS-CoV-2 variants and that COVID-19 survivors may be reinfected. (
New York Times)
As of 8:00 a.m. ET Thursday, the unofficial U.S. tally stood at 24,439,427 cases and 406,162 deaths reflecting increases of 184,690 and 4,385, respectively, from the previous day.
The hold on one particular batch of Moderna vaccine a precaution taken on Sunday due to allergic reactions has been lifted in California. (
KCRA3)
CDC s Anne Schuchat will be leading a review of all existing COVID-19 guidance under the new CDC director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH.
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Biden appoints permanent ONC head, acting CMS, HHS leaders
Dr. Micky Tripathi will lead the ONC as the new national coordinator for health information technology, while agency veterans Liz Richter and Norris Cochranwill serve as interim leaders for CMS and HHS, respectively.
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A slew of leadership appointments at federal agencies marked Joe Biden’s first official day as president.
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology all gained new leadership though the only permanent appointment is the new head of the ONC.