HHS seeks Public
Input on Care Coordination and HIPPA
Note: A previous version of this e-mail included the wrong
comment date. Comments are due by February 12, 2019.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has issued a Request for Information
seeking input from the public on how the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules, especially the HIPAA Privacy Rule,
could be modified to promote coordinated, value-based healthcare.
In addition to requesting broad input on the HIPAA
Rules, OCR seeks comment on aspects of the Privacy Rule that OCR has
identified for potential modification, specifically:
- Promoting
information sharing for treatment and care coordination and/or case
management by amending the Privacy Rule to encourage, incentivize,
or require covered entities to disclose protected health information
to other covered entities.
- Encouraging
covered entities, particularly providers, to share treatment
information with parents, loved ones, and caregivers of adults
facing health emergencies, with a particular focus on the opioid
crisis.
- Implementing
the HITECH Act requirement to include, in an accounting of
disclosures, disclosures for treatment, payment, and health care
operations (TPO) from an electronic health record (EHR) in a manner
that provides helpful information to individuals, while minimizing
regulatory burdens and disincentives to the adoption and use of
interoperable EHRs.
- Eliminating
or modifying the requirement for covered health care providers to
make a good faith effort to obtain individuals' written
acknowledgment of receipt of providers' Notice of Privacy Practices,
to reduce burden and free up resources for covered entities to
devote to coordinated care without compromising transparency or an
individual's awareness of his or her rights.
All comments must be submitted on or before February 12,
2019.
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