Federal regulators plan to seek public comments on whether the HIPAA rules create barriers to sharing patient information among healthcare providers. Some regulatory experts argue the problem is not the rules, but misunderstandings about what they allow. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights will issue a request for comments this fall. It will ask whether HIPAA imposes regulatory burdens that may impede the transformation to value-based healthcare, in which providers are paid based on patient outcomes. The request is being produced to support a recently launched HHS initiative called the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care.”]
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