“For more than a year, the AHA has been telling the Office for Civil Rights that its ‘Online Tracking Bulletin’ was both unlawful and harmful to patients and communities. We regret that we were forced to sue OCR, but we are pleased that the Court today agreed with the AHA and held that OCR does not have ‘interpretive carte blanche to justify whatever it wants irrespective of violence to HIPAA’s text.’ As a result of today’s decision, hospitals and health systems will again be able to rely on these important technologies to provide their communities with reliable, accurate health care information,” said Chad Golder, AHA General Counsel regarding a recent District Court ruling. https://ow.ly/AM9H50SohgZ
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ICYMI: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued penalties for information blocking, and they went into effect on September 1st. Check out our blog chock full of information on information blocking including examples, answers to frequently asked questions and how you can stay out of information blocking hot water. Check it out here: https://hubs.la/Q024FDcC0 #ontheblog #incaseyoumissedit #informationblocking
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Feeling EXTREMELY vindicated. Today the court presiding over AHA v. Bacerra - the one where the healthcare industry joined together to fight OCR's #trackingtechnology guidance - issued its order, and not only was it an absolute joy to read, the judge nailed it. "The Court GRANTS the Hospitals’ request for declaratory judgment and DECLARES that the Proscribed Combination [IP address + visit to unauthenticated hospital website], as set forth in the HHS Bulletin of March 18, 2024, is UNLAWFUL, as it was promulgated in clear excess of HHS’s authority under HIPAA. .....While the Court DENIES the Hospitals’ request for a permanent injunction, it GRANTS their request for vacatur and ORDERS that the Proscribed Combination be VACATED." CC: my BakerHostetler Pixel Queens Stefanie Ferrari, Lynn Sessions, Courtney L. Litchfield, and Roma Gujarathi I love that the court acknowledged that we weren't out there "advocating for [hospitals'] right to disclose" sensitive information, and that "HIPAA compliance is woven deep into hospital operations, with implications for every way in which hospitals interact with patients or patients’ medical information." And that, "[i]f enforced, the Proscribed Combination would have a profound chilling effect on providers’ use of technology vendors to facilitate critical UPWs. While healthcare providers can 'host websites and patient portals without using any third-party analytics . . . it serves nobody to have websites that patients do not know and cannot navigate effectively.'” I will be blogging about how this impacts HIPAA covered entity's decisions on tracking technologies and the remaining legal risks shortly, and am linking my prior blog posts on this issue in the comments. But as someone whose writing on this issue has been called "spicy", I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of my favorite lines in the decision - #gamerecognizesgame. *In a last-ditch effort to evade review, HHS argues the Revised Bulletin “is not sufficiently concrete to constitute the consummation of the agency’s decisionmaking.” . . . But numerous cases have held that guidance documents can’t escape review merely because they’re poorly written. *As a whole, these signs point to one conclusion: HHS tried to tweak the IIHI definition and got caught. With its hand in the cookie jar, the Department now backtracks. In doing so, it gaslights covered entities by arguing the Bulletins restate what the rule has been all along. *The Department’s third argument fails because it’s wrong. Even if an OCR investigation and enforcement action would be required for legal consequences, that fact does not rob the Revised Bulletin of legal effect... An ordinance banning skateboards in the park doesn’t become law only when a joyriding perp is apprehended. Much to Texans’ chagrin, speed limits are still speed limits long before blue lights flash.
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During Patient ID Week (May 13-17), we are spotlighting the urgent need for improved standards and transparency when it comes to patient information. By supporting the MATCH IT Act, we're taking a significant step towards addressing this critical issue. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Representatives Mike Kelly and Bill Foster, will establish an industry standard definition for the term “patient match rate” and standardize how demographic elements are entered into the patient record. These improvements will help to ensure patients are accurately matched to their medical record. Join us in partnership with the Patient ID Now coalition in advocating for the MATCH IT Act by visiting our Action Center and contacting your legislators. Together, we can create a healthcare system that prioritizes health information accuracy and patient privacy. Take action here: https://lnkd.in/gYi9fAqF #AHIMA #patientIDnow
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will begin enforcing health IT information blocking penalties starting September 1st. Under the 21st Century Cures Act final rule published in June, certified health IT developers and entities and health information exchanges and networks can be penalized up to $1 million for interfering with the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. #healthcare #healthinformation #informationtechnology #informationblocking #hipaa
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In the last few months of 2023, there has been a flurry of legal activity pertaining to the use, disclosure, and protection of health information. Here is a summary of the latest legal initiatives impacting New York providers. Garfunkel Wild, P.C.'s Stacey Gulick discusses the impact in detail here: #garfunkelwild #hipaa #phi
Garfunkel Wild Alert - Flurry of Activity Around Patient Information Impacting New York Providers
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As Patient ID Week comes to a close, we'll continue working with the Patient ID Now Coalition to raise awareness of the issues around patient matching and the harm to patient safety, privacy and costs created by patient misidentification. We urge you to support H.R.7379, the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 to improve patient matching while promoting increased patient privacy and safety. Join us in spreading the word and ask your members of Congress to cosponsor this essential legislation. https://bit.ly/3WJplm3 #patientIDnow
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With body-worn camera technologies on the rise, safeguarding your patients and organization is crucial. Learn best practices for implementing BWC policies in your healthcare facility. https://lnkd.in/gvddFrQE #patientprotection #BWC #healthcaresecurity
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Regulations? What is needed and what should go? HealthcareScene.com asked the experts. See what our CEO G. Cameron Deemer says about changes that would allow more healthcare providers to access clinical information to take better care of their patients. For example, depending on whether physicians are sitting in their hospital office or their clinic office (and many doctors work in both), the insights they have into the medications their patients take can vary greatly. For first responders, access to medication history is often denied altogether. https://lnkd.in/eXU6PXnY
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