Compliance & Legal
This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up SilverCloud Health and Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts until 2022.
HIMSS21
The voluntary framework is intended to help organizations build innovative products while still protecting individuals' privacy, an expert will explain at HIMSS21.
Officials told House representatives that the agency would not schedule any further deployments in the next six months.
More than 400 healthcare and technology organizations are calling on Capitol Hill to eliminate arbitrary restrictions while helping FQHCs and critical access hospitals offer wider access to virtual care.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law mandating coverage parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services.
The retail giant's medical group filed to do business in 17 more states, suggesting a potential expansion of its virtual care offerings.
Two Cerner representatives appeared before a House subcommittee on Wednesday to respond to congressional concerns about the VA's electronic health record revamp.
In one of the biggest breaches reported to OCR in months, unauthorized parties reportedly accessed files that may have included names, dates of birth and insurance plan member ID numbers, among other information.
The Utah-based health system was the latest to feel the effects of the cyberattack on cancer software vendor Elekta.
The agency has also awarded an additional $942,000 to the Sequoia Project to support its efforts as the interoperability initiative's recognized coordinating entity.