[ Friday, July 27, 2018 ]
I got this from my AHLA daily headline email (would send you directly to Congressional Quarterly but I'm not a subscriber) (also, that's AHLA's typo, not mine; don't @ me):
Congressional Quarterly (7/26, McIntire,
Subscription Publication) reports that on Thursday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar
said his department intends “to begin rewriting federal health care privacy
regulations in the coming months.” HHS will “release requests for comment on
three laws, including the anti-kickback statute and Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPPA, in the ‘coming
months,’ Azar said during a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation.” He
added, “Following those requests for information, we will be taking regulatory
action to reform these rules.” Azar explained that “the laws are decades-old
and revamping them will help in the health care sector’s ongoing transition from
paying for volume to value.” HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan will lead this
effort.
Jeff [11:32 AM]
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