A federal judge sided with Real Time Medical Systems, which claimed that PointClickCare had implemented improper data blocking tactics with its use of unsolvable CAPTCHAs. Judge Paula Xinis ruled that this tactic violated the 21st Century Cures Act and PointClickCare’s...
HHS has introduced the HTI-2 proposed rule to enhance health data interoperability. The proposed rule includes updated certification criteria focusing on standards-based APIs to improve health data interoperability. Key elements align public health IT with the CDC and payer-oriented IT...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule on June 24, establishing penalties for hospitals, health systems, and clinicians that block patient information exchange. Key penalties include loss of status as a meaningful EHR user, MIPS-eligible...
At Greenlight as we continue to support patients' right of access, we are getting records moving and increasing liquidity to the benefit of patients, healthcare providers, researchers, and insurance carriers. This article is of interest to providers as it offers...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announces new costly fines of up to $1 million per information blocking violation as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. These penalties are specific to health information exchanges,...
Electronic Health Information Sharing and Patient Portals Hailed as Data Liberation Day by the government, the Information Blocking Rule (IBR) went into effect on October 6, 2022. This health policy is really about information sharing and empowering the patient to...
Co-Authored by Greenlight Health Data Solutions and Luna The Information Blocking Rule (IBR), now in effect, is a new federal regulation we should all celebrate as a big win for control over our health information, a right that we should...
When Congress prohibited “information blocking” under the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, it made no reference to patient portals, the websites through which many healthcare providers share clinical information with their patients. Similarly, the word “portal” does not appear once in...
