Bonus Features – July 24, 2022 – OCR resolves 11 HIPAA enforcement actions, ONC releases USCDI v3, and more

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records,” OCR Director Lisa J. Pino said in a statement. OCR has resolved 38 investigations since launching the Right of Access Initiative in 2019. ONC released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3 (USCDI v3). As described in the latest ONC Standards Bulletin, v3 expands the USCDI from 52 data elements in 16 classes to 94 elements in 19 classes, with additions focusing on equity, public health, and documenting health insurance coverage. In other interoperability news, the Sequoia Project published a TEFCA “flow-down” resource that lays out how Qualified Health Information Networks must comply with their contractual obligations supports trust...
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