Healthcare DIVE August 28, 2024
Emily Olsen

The dismissal is a win for providers, who argued federal regulators’ guidance on online trackers would limit their ability to share health information with their patients.

UPDATE: Aug. 30, 2024: The HHS is ending its plans to overturn a lawsuit that found the agency’s guidance on online tracking technologies had overstepped its authority, according to a filing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Federal regulators filed a notice of appeal last week, but the HHS voluntarily dismissed its plan Thursday.

The plaintiffs, which included hospitals and groups like the American Hospital Association, indicated they consented to the dismissal, according to the filing. Both sides will bear their own costs.

The move to end the appeals process...

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