HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule requiring retail pharmacies, which include some hospital-owned pharmacies, to implement a modification to the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs D.0 Standard to identify 鈥減artial fill鈥 prescriptions on health care鈥
AHA today voiced support for several proposed changes to the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients鈥 records that would reduce the burden and delay associated with accessing certain recovery services and add declared disasters to the list of exceptions.
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule rescinding the standard unique health plan identifier and other entity identifier.
The AHA recognizes that SAMHSA is statutorily constrained in making structural amendments to the regulations under 42 CFR Part 2; however, because the proposed rule would not change the basic framework of Part 2, which significantly impedes the robust sharing of patient information necessary for鈥
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Fla.) has paid $85,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office for Civil Rights and adopted a corrective action plan to settle a potential violation of the right of access provision of the HIPAA Rules, the agency announced today.
The National Association of Attorneys General yesterday urged congressional leaders to remove federal barriers to opioid use disorder treatment.
The AHA said it is generally supportive of the overall concept of the agreement and agency鈥檚 goal to create a voluntary network-of-networks that would enable hospitals to join one network and access all of their trading partners.
Commenting today on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology鈥檚 proposed rule on interoperability, information blocking and the Health IT Certification Program, AHA urged the agency to consider ways to help patients get easy access to their data without sacrificing鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Friday issued a factsheet on HIPAA requirements for business associates under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.
The Department of Health and Human Services Friday issued a notice reducing the maximum civil monetary penalty for all but the most serious violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.