Description
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued its new interoperability and information blocking rule on Mar. 9, 2020, finalizing its policies for prohibiting information blocking. The new regulation impacts healthcare providers, health IT developers, exchanges, and networks, as well as any entity that accesses, exchanges, and uses EHI. It also establishes application programming interface (API) requirements, including for patients' access to their health information without special effort.
The new CMS rule requires payers participating in CMS programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal exchanges, to make the data available so that patients can electronically access their personal health information at no cost. Further, hospitals and healthcare providers are to have ready access to patient information, regardless of where the patient received care in the past.
The rules together work to provide patients with access to their healthcare information. The standards apply to organizations handling patient medical records and will have significant implications for healthcare providers, payers, and health IT vendors. Failure to comply could result in substantial penalties.
Listen as our authoritative panel of healthcare attorneys examines the final data blocking and interoperability rules. The panel will offer best practices for addressing the changes and steps for complying with the new regulations.
Presented By
Ms. Halstead is a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group, practicing in the area of healthcare regulatory law. Her practice focuses on the intersection of healthcare and technology, relying on her significant expertise in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and HIPAA, health information privacy, Anti-Kickback Statute, beneficiary inducement, Stark, and 60 Day Overpayment Rule compliance to inform digital health strategies and arrangements. Ms. Halstead has extensive experience counselling healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and technology companies on collaboration agreements, value-based arrangements, strategic data partnerships, mobile health solutions and applications, connected devices, and breach incident response.
Mr. Johnson represents clients in a variety of transactions. He structures and negotiates acquisitions, financings, equity offerings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology development and IP licensing arrangements. He also advises clients on a wide variety of regulatory and compliance matters, including FDA rules, state and federal privacy and security laws, fraud and abuse prohibitions.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
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1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- Data blocking rules
- Interoperability rules
- Implications of the new rules
- Complying with the new rules
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- How do the new rules change the landscape for healthcare providers? Payers? Vendors?
- What are the exceptions under ONC's interoperability and information blocking rule?
- What must healthcare providers do now to ensure compliance with the new rules?
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