ASTP/ONC’s HTI-4 final rule finalizes certain proposals from the HTI-2 Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability proposed rule, including new and updated health IT certification criteria for electronic prior authorization, electronic prescribing,…
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– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new final rule, the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization…
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ASTP publishes the HTI-3 final rule, which addresses information blocking.
The rule adds a definition of “reproductive health care” and protects patients from legal action where an actor limits the sharing of their electronic…
This first installment of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability, version two rule finalizes updates to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and makes some…
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ASTP publishes a slimmed-down version of the TEFCA HTI-2 final rule. Some parts that were unrelated to TEFCA, such as those related to public health data exchange and payer API standards, were moved…
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The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fifth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.
With the public comment period now closed, the newly…
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recently voiced significant concerns over the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) proposed rule for healthcare IT interoperability, known as HTI-2. The AHA argues…
The American Hospital Association expressed concerns over the proposed rule for healthcare IT interoperability, HTI-2, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), arguing against “burdensome” encryption requirements.The ONC’s HTI-2 proposed…
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As the public comment period for the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy’s HTI-2 proposed rule ends, the EHR Association has published a letter raising concerns about the potential impact on IT developers, providers, and…
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To start this week, I was lucky to be able to attend the DirectTrust conference in St. Louis. This was a really great event because it had basically everyone on the full continuum of…
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