Nonprofit hospitals are falling short when it comes to completing community needs assessments required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an August research letter published by JAMA Network Open.
CMS finalizing plans to remove the inpatient-only list, only to propose a reversal less than a year later, has introduced challenges for case managers.
H.R. 7898 became law on January 5, 2021, and amended the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to require the secretary of HHS to consider certain recognized security practices of covered entities and business associates when making certain determinations, and for other purposes.
In its July newsletter, OCR announced a collaboration with the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to seek user feedback and improvement suggestions on its Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool.
