by Deborah Hsieh, Ciox Chief Policy & Strategy Officer | Feb 16, 2021 | Interoperability, Security & Compliance
Mike Lipinski, Director of the Regulatory and Policy Affairs Division within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, recently shared some guidance for healthcare providers as they prepare for information blocking enforcement, as...
by Deborah Hsieh, Ciox Chief Policy & Strategy Officer | Feb 9, 2021 | Interoperability, Security & Compliance
On October 29, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued an Interim Final Rule extending the compliance dates for the agency’s 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule. The extension means that information blocking...
by Matt Peterson, EVP Client Success and Growth | Sep 25, 2020 | Payers, Security & Compliance
Additional reconciliation run for CMS PY2020 Risk Adjustment data submission allows more time to close gaps and increase submission accuracy On September 18, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the...
by Deborah Hsieh, Ciox Chief Policy & Strategy Officer | Jun 1, 2020 | Security & Compliance
In response to the urgent need to address COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced multiple policies to allow providers the flexibility to focus attention on care delivery. One such type of flexibility is the 1335 waiver, which...
by Lisa Broskey, MHA, RHIA, Audit Manager Privacy & Compliance | May 14, 2020 | Release of Information, Security & Compliance
It goes without saying that social distancing has changed everything, both in our personal and work lives. When we are doing as much as we can remotely – including going to the doctor – health information management (HIM) leaders need to quickly find ways to ensure...
by Elizabeth Delahoussaye RHIA, CHPS, VP & Chief Privacy Officer | May 6, 2020 | Release of Information, Security & Compliance
As we start to see states across the U.S. begin to lift COVID-19 shelter-in-place or self-quarantine directives, our focus will naturally shift to so many unknowns. What is our new normal? What will our organizations look like? How will our teams and staff be...
