Tag Archives: HIPAA

Feds get pressure to upgrade, expand HIPAA transactions

HIPAA transaction standards, first put in place nearly a quarter of a century ago, might benefit from a re-examination and revamp to reflect changes in the healthcare industry. There is a push to simplify and improve the standards, says Stanley Nachimson, principal at Nachimson Advisors, a health information technology consultancy. The responsibility for doing so… Read More »

HHS seeks ideas on HIPAA tweaks to boost care coordination

Brief Published Dec. 13, 2018 Dive Brief: The HHS Office for Civil Rights is seeking input on how the HIPAA privacy rule could be tweaked to better support the move to value-based, coordinated care, while still protecting personal health information. The request for information asks for ideas on removal of regulatory barriers to ease care coordination… Read More »