2020 HHS Patient Access Rule: What Hospitals Need to Know

William Roberts, Partner , Shipman & Goodwin. Damian Privitera, Associate.

June 23, 2020

  • Address March 2020 HHS final rule on information blocking, interoperability and patient access

  • Modifications to patient access rights and information exchange between providers, payers, and health IT developers

  • Prohibition on information blocking and anti-competitive behavior by healthcare providers

  • Requirement of healthcare providers to implement standards-based application programming interface (API) for provider’s EMR

  • Addressing the privacy and security of third-party health applications used by patients

  • Public reporting by CMS of noncompliant hospitals

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