Healthcare Finance News March 14, 2022
Guidance from CMS and other government agencies outlines what various actors are required to share, and what constitutes information blocking.
ORLANDO – Healthcare Information Technology now enables Personal Health Information, or PHI, to be accessed immediately and directly by patients, but there are complex regulatory requirements around the sharing of patient data that affect all parties – physicians, payers and the patients themselves.
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is moving forward and is expected to be implemented soon, and will likely provide clarity regarding information sharing, and what constitutes information blocking. For the time being, guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services largely dictates what constitutes proper information exchanging behavior, with HIPAA and the...
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