We have been posting and talking a lot about the ONC Final Rule and the CMS Final Rule, and the impact these rules have on provider and payer technologies such as EHRs and payer systems. The use of HL7 FHIR as a standard for interoperability can and will open...
We recently posted about the CMS Final Rule (CMS 9115-F), requiring providers and payers to use the emerging HL7 standard of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR, pronounced FIRE) to share data with patients and other providers and payers. Still there is...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a new rule titled Final Rule (CMS 9115-F). The CMS Final Rule was finalized as a regulation in May 2020. What is this rule and how will it change the way your practice handles business? Under the new CMS...
Thanks to social distancing Telehealth has become a booming business and more patients and caregivers are utilizing its services. Because of the high demand and health concerns, the OCR has issued temporary holds on policies regulating telehealth. But COVID-19 will...
Ransomware is evolving. Threat actors are now using double extortion tactics to ensure payment from their victims. In 2019 we saw the highest ever reports of the cyber crime Ransomware, when criminals hack into an organization’s database and encrypt it, holding it...