Changes on the Horizon for Part 2 Confidentiality Regulations

Changes on the Horizon for Part 2 Confidentiality Regulations

by | May 22, 2020 | , , ,

As part of its comprehensive COVID-19 response, Congress quietly passed through changes to the federal drug and alcohol confidentiality framework known as “Part 2” under the CARES Act, enacted on March 27.   One of the more underreported components of the CARES Act, the changes do not completely overhaul the Part 2 regulations, however, they relax several restrictions that health care providers have struggled with, particularly in the electronic exchange and electronic health records (“EHR”) context (the “CARES Act Changes”).

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ACO Rule Keeps HIE Consent “On the Fence”

by | Feb 8, 2012 | , ,

When DHHS published its Proposed ACO Rule in April 2011 and then the Final ACO Rule in November 2011 (I’ll refer to them as the “ACO Rules”), discussions focused predominately on issues such as who is “qualified” to participate, what the required governance structure should be, what methodology will be used to assign Medicare beneficiaries, and what the payment models will be.  However, as I digested the ACO Rules, my reading deliberately slowed down as I zeroed in on the not unremarkable language and comments CMS included with regard to sharing individually identifiable health information in the ACO context.

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