HHS considers modifying HIPAA
Source: Home Health Line
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a request for information (RFI) to help it identify provisions of HIPAA privacy and security regulations that should be modified.
It wants to “remove regulatory obstacles and decrease regulatory burdens in order to facilitate efficient care coordination and/or case management and to promote the transformation to value-based health care” while preserving the security and privacy of patients’ protected health information.
The office wants to know about …