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Amie K. Wilcox, attorney with Friday, Eldredge & Clark, and Laura Gillenwater, Senior Manager with HORNE, answer pressing questions about EEOC guidance, mandatory vaccine policies and vaccine stimulus funds available for hospitals and health systems.

Lynda Johnson, partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, and Christy Street, Senior Manager with HORNE, discuss why the Final Rule brings welcomed changes to physician practices and point out the biggest items in the Stark and Anti-Kickback Final Rule.

Timothy Ezell, Attorney with Friday, Eldredge & Clark, and Rud Blumentritt, Partner with HORNE Healthcare, address Start and the Anti-Kickback Final Rule in this 15-minute on-demand webinar.

Amie K. Alexander, Attorney with Friday, Eldredge & Clark and Mike Skinner, Managing Partner with HORNE Cyber answer pressing questions related to HIPAA and security in this 15-minute on-demand webinar.

Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package on Monday, Dec. 21, which was signed by President Trump late Sunday, Dec. 27. While most of the coverage of the legislation has focused on a new round of stimulus checks and unemployment benefits, the legislation includes some notable components for healthcare providers.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced that it will delay compliance deadlines for information blocking and other health information technology (health IT) provisions that were previously set to go into effect on November 2, 2020. The compliance deadlines were set by the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule, which can be viewed here. Citing additional time necessary as a result of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the new deadline for complying with the rule’s information blocking prohibition has been extended until April 5, 2021.

While healthcare providers were reeling from the chaos surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) quietly released two final regulations related to interoperability and data exchange across the healthcare industry. These rules implement directives from the 21st Century Cures Act and President Trump’s Executive Order 13813, and both final rules bring change and new compliance concerns for healthcare providers.