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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 28, 2021, privacy professionals around the world will celebrate Data Privacy Day. This year, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering our team’s thoughts and expectations on what we expect to be the biggest privacy law stories in 2021 and beyond. Last year we wrote a similar article, attempting to predict how the privacy landscape would unfold in 2020. We got some things right (e.g., the emergence of CCPA 2.0). But, let’s be honest, in March everything changed, including privacy law. As spring turned into summer o...

Our Services are designed to: Accelerate the evolution of healthcare systems (EHR, PMS, PHM, RCM, Lab info systems and more) Solve interoperability challenges to facilitate seamless access to patient health information. Enable digitization through cloud services, data analytics, RPA, mobile app development and application testing. The Cures Act Final Rule – Introducing Radical Changes to US Healthcare The Cures Act Final Rule, released in May 2020, unleashed the latest regulatory mandates from the ONC. It marks the starting point of a paradigm shift in US healthcare, by enabling patient...

Jan 20, 2021 4:55pm An expert on interoperability, privacy and technology standards, Micky Tripathi most recently served as chief strategy officer at Arcadia, a population health management solutions company. (everythingpossible/GettyImages) Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., a recognized name in the health tech world, has been tapped as the new national coordinator for health IT under President Joe Biden's administration. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted leadership changes on its website Wednesday but has yet to issue a press release. Tripathi will replace the outgoing Don Ru...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Much changed in the privacy law landscape in 2020, including a heightened focus on the use and disclosure of health information. As 2021 gets underway, businesses should be aware of the key legislative and regulatory changes in health data privacy that were teed up at the close of 2020, and which may now or soon affect them. HIPAA Proposed Rulemaking The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule on Dec. 10, 2020. The proposed changes focus on strengthening indivi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 2 December 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the Federal Register (Final Rule), 1 modifying the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral law (the Stark Law). 2 In the Final Rule, CMS largely finalizes many of the proposals set forth in the Proposed Rulemaking issued on 17 October 2019 (Proposed Rule), 3 with certain modifications. CMS has indicated that many of the changes to the Stark Law are intended to provide additional flexibility and reduc...