Proposed rule for public comment establishes disincentives for health care providers found by the HHS OIG to have committed information blocking. In cases of knowingly and unreasonably interferes with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.
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By Matt Fisher – At the end of June 2023, the HHS Office for the Inspector General announced the finalization of the first civil monetary penalties for failing to comply with information blocking requirements. Will the possibility of enforcement make a difference though?
Check out this month’s roundup of surveys and reports from around the industry which include patient experience, healthcare workforce safety and mental health, health data breaches, telehealth, SDoH, and value-based care.
Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibilities amid the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
By Sheba Vine – The Department of Justice, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and several other law enforcement agencies, recently announced the results of its national health care fraud takedown.
By Nathaniel M. Lacktman – The Office of Inspector General at the Department of HHS just published a new report on OIG’s review of Medicare payments for telehealth services. The objective of the OIG review was to determine whether or not CMS paid practitioners for telehealth services that met Medicare requirements.
By Jim Tate – The Office of Inspector General last week released the Followup Review: CMS’s Management of The Quality Payment Program. In 2016 OIG published their initial assessment of the management of the QPP by CMS.
By Jared Smith – The government pays over a trillion dollars for health care through the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This is more than on space exploration, education, international aid and all branches of the military combined.
By Frank Sivilli – The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released two reports last week urging the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to retool its HIPAA enforcement efforts by the start of 2016.