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Interoperability
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Health Care and Life Sciences
The FDA Looks Inward as It Tackles Interoperability
Interoperability and patient access to data has been pushed to the forefront as a primary concern for the health industry. This is largely due to proposed rules published this spring…
Future Lawyer
Microsoft And Samsung Join Forces
By rickgeorges
As a dedicated Samsung phone user, I am pleased that Microsoft is making the connection with Samsung devices more robust. Not being reliant on Google apps for phone specific tasks…
Inside Privacy
HHS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules on Patient Access and Interoperability
On April 19, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a 30-day extension, until June 3, 2019, to the comment period for two rules proposed by the…
Healthcare Law Blog
Overview of Proposed Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Interoperability and Patient Access to Data
On March 4, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a wide-ranging proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”)[1] with the intent to “move the health care ecosystem in the…
Covington Digital Health
Patient Access to Electronic Health Data at the Forefront of Two HHS Proposed Rules
By Covington Digital Health Team
On March 4, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two proposed rules to improve patient access to personal health data. The two rules, issued by the…
Health Care and Life Sciences
CMS and ONC Tag Team to Promote Sharing of Patient Data
By Alaap B. Shah, Ebunola Aniyikaiye
On February 11th, blockchain advocates, digital health enthusiasts, and patients received positive news from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESRB report on interoperability arrangements between CCPs
On 1 February 2019, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a report on interoperability arrangements between central counterparties (CCPs). A previous report published by the ESRB in 2016 concluded that,…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Mobile contactless SEPA card payments interoperability implementation guidelines
On 25 June 2018, the European Payments Council (EPC) updated its mobile contactless SEPA card payments interoperability implementation guidelines. The document defines implementation guidelines for mobile contactless SEPA card payments…
Health Law Update
Proposed IPPS Rule Changes
By Simone O. Otenaike, Baylie M. Fry
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its proposed rules for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2019. As discussed below, the…
New York Health Law
Seeking Interoperability: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
As we have discussed in an earlier blog post, the federal administrative agencies have been placing greater emphasis on being more transparent and promoting “interoperability”. As such, on April 24,…