I’ve been impressed with everything that the various organizations within HHS have done to try and help healthcare organizations deal with the pandemic. ...
Category - Regulations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a consumer fraud settlement against a company that displayed a ‘HIPAA Compliant’ seal on its website. After a data...
When you talk to people about healthcare standards, one of the biggest topics of discussion lately is the USCDI standard. After ONC released v1 of the USCDI...
The company behind period and fertility-tracking app Flo Health has settled with the FTC over allegations that it engaged in inappropriate sharing of user data...
Over the past several years, the role doctors play in digital health organizations has been evolving, with their responsibilities shifting from pure clinical...
Safe Harbor for Implementing a Government-Recognized Cybersecurity Program On January 5, President Trump signed a new law providing Safe Harbor for HIPAA...
One of my favorite things to do as we move on to a new year is to look back at the past year. Needless to say, 2020 has been a crazy year that will never be...
The CDC just announced 6 new ICD-10 codes to help with COVID-19 coding. A big thanks to eMedApps for making us aware of the new codes listed below: Encounter...
To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for...
Most hospitals are familiar with the health cost transparency rule that was pushed by Trump and HHS Secretary Alex Azar and is scheduled to go into effect...
