Compliance & Legal

A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.

HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Rainer describes how her office is helping providers understand and meet their security and compliance requirements.

An April ransomware attack that compromised the PPI and PHI of some 2.5 million members has led to multiple class action lawsuits against the Massachusetts-based health plan and its parent company.

Three updates to Amazon HealthLake aim to help EHR and health IT developers reduce complex data exports, boost interoperability and maintain compliance with federal API and data exchange rules.

Dr. Calum Yacoubian, director of healthcare strategy at IQVIA, talks about how natural language processing can help Medicare Advantage organizations avoid penalties by ensuring that their coding is accurate and compliant.

CIOs are focusing on third-party risk, AI tools and HIPAA compliance and tips for HIT security at the HIMSS23 cybersecurity forum, according to Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health.

Healthcare providers may no longer store electronic health records offshore or rely on third-party vendors who operate offshore and have access to patient data maintained in the U.S.

New initiatives launched by the White House include an updated strategic plan for artificial intelligence from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a new RFI seeking input on mitigating AI risks.

Brian Scarpelli of the Connected Health Initiative discusses advocating for more fundamental shifts in thinking as insurers grow to understand the need for meaningful digital health and telemedicine reimbursement.