HHS Announces New Organ Transplant Guidance

26. June 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) published an updated solid organ transplant guideline to assess donors and monitor recipients for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections. This guideline reflects advances in transplant technology and safety that can increase the ...

HHS Secretary Azar Statement on Victory for President Trump’s Price Transparency Agenda

25. June 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
On Tuesday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the Department of Health and Human Services in a challenge to the Trump Administration’s new hospital price transparency requirements, which are scheduled to take effect January 2021. HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement: “Today’s court decision is ...