On April 21, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that, as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, it will exercise enforcement discretion to “permit compliance flexibilities” regarding the implementation of the interoperability final rules issued on March 9th, 2020. This joint announcement was made by the Office of the
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HHS Finalizes Interoperability Rules
By Anna D. Kraus, Rujul Desai, Paige Jennings & Tara Carrier on
On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two final rules aimed at improving patient access to electronic health information (EHI), as well as the standardization of modes of exchange for EHI. The rules, which were issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and…
EHR Vendor Admits to Soliciting and Receiving Kickbacks in Exchange for Promoting Prescription Opioids
Posted in Digital Health, EHR/EMR
Practice Fusion, Inc. (Practice Fusion), an electronic health record (EHR) vendor acquired by Allscripts in 2018, recently agreed to pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations related to an illegal kickback arrangement with a major opioid company.
The settlement included $26 million in criminal fines and forfeiture to resolve two felony charges related…
Ideation Question #5: Who Will Pay for the Offering?
By Maree Gallagher & Rujul Desai on
This is the fifth of our video posts on 10 questions that can help lawyers contribute to the digital health ideation process. Today’s video explores the question: who will pay for the offering?