Compliance & Legal

The American Hospital Association called the FTC ruling, "bad law, bad policy and a clear sign of an agency run amok."

The move from on-premise to Oracle's cloud seeks to provide patients and clinicians with faster and more secure access to data.

In addition to presenting risks for users, inadequate privacy policies may pose risks for hospitals, according to researchers, who found most hospitals tracked and transferred website user data to third-party domains. 

Imposing fines or cutting Medicare payments, in the AHA's view, would diminish resources needed to combat cybercrime.

The hospital group calls new revisions to HHS’ pixel tracking guidance "regulatory overreach," and says the update is "unlawful and unwise." Meanwhile, Massachusetts is weighing two class action suits that would allege such tracking violates wiretap laws.

Payers will not only need to comply with the 2024 CMS Final Rule pertaining to materials and content, but they will need to go the extra mile because it affects star ratings, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.  

And in other news, CISA directs federal agencies on Microsoft breach by Russian operatives.

Joe Gagnon, CEO of 1upHealth, talks about how collaborating more on APIs can help providers generate EHR requests for information from payers.  

Citing compliance strains on providers and others, and the need to maintain patient care continuity, more than 200 virtual care stakeholders urged the agency to release its regulatory scheme for the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth.

The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government – including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.