Compliance & Legal

With the Chevron doctrine overturned, lawsuits such as the one filed by UnitedHealth against CMS, may become the norm, says Jenn Kerfoot, chief strategy and growth officer at DUOS.

The electronic health record giant says that it did not violate federal law prohibiting unfair business practices when it raised concerns about certain patient data requests over the Carequality interoperability framework.

A new form of AI-powered fraud is posing risks to healthcare bottom lines. Medicomp CEO David Lareau describes what it is, how to fight it – and how to help cautious executives concerned with the double-edged sword of artificial intelligence.

Bipartisan lawmakers say a temporary extension isn't adequate, and they're concerned that the draft proposal is "misaligned with Congressional intent" with regard to a registry for the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine.

The association worries over the higher accountability standard for data sharing imposed on providers compared to payers. "Providers would still be held to a higher accountability standard," the AHA writes.

This HIMSS24 APAC speaker shares what it takes to successfully transition a health system to value-based care.

The EHR giant insisted a newly released Carequality resolution shows it did not treat Particle Health any differently in reviewing its connections under HIPAA, even as the data exchange and analytics provider expresses vindication.

After a federal court ruled that healthcare organizations sharing individual IP addresses with third parties did not constitute a HIPAA breach, legal ambiguity remains, says one privacy expert. 

Regulations with "this level of negative market impact for health IT developers also inherently mean disruption and stress for providers" who participate in CMS payment programs, vendors say.