What is the Cures Act final rule for electronic health information?
The Cures Act Final Rule requires all “actors” to prevent actions that “interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI),” with a few exceptions.
How is VPI diagnosed and treated?
How is VPI diagnosed? A speech pathologist can determine whether the speech deficit is caused by VPI or another speech disorder. A nasoendoscopy is used to view palatal motion during speech and to determine the size and shape of the velopharyngeal gap.
What is velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)?
Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is when the soft palate does not close tightly against the back of the throat, leading to air coming out the nose (characterized by hypernasality and/or nasal air emission) during speech. This can cause speech that is difficult to understand.
What is the exclusions process at OIG?
OIG's exclusions process is governed by regulations that implement sections of the Act. When an individual or entity gets a Notice of Intent to Exclude (NOI), it does not necessarily mean that they will be excluded. OIG will carefully consider all material provided by the person who received the NOI as we make our decision.
What is content condition?
Content Condition: Establishes the content an actor must provide in response to a request to access, exchange, or use EHI in order to satisfy the exception. concerning the required content (i.e., scope of EHI) of an actor’s response to a request to access, exchange, or use EHI and the manner in which the actor may fulfill
Is EHI information blocking?
It will not be information blocking if an actor does not fulfill a request to access, exchange, or use EHI in order to protect an individual’s privacy, provided certain conditions are met.
Can an actor disclose EHI?
However, an actor should not be required to use or disclose EHI in a way that is prohibited under state or federal privacy laws.
Defining information blocking
As part of the 21 st Century Cures Act final rule, SNFs and other healthcare organizations cannot perform any actions that could interfere with the access, exchange, or use of EHI.
Rule exceptions to information blocking
Some healthcare providers and networks perform functions that are considered both necessary and reasonable. However, they could be misconstrued as information blocking.
What is OIG exclusion?
OIG's exclusions process is governed by regulations that implement sections of the Act. When an individual or entity gets a Notice ...
Why is OIG required?
Exclusions are imposed for a number of reasons: Mandatory exclusions: OIG is required by law to exclude from participation in all Federal health care programs individuals and entities convicted of the following types of criminal offenses : Medicare or Medicaid fraud, as well as any other offenses related to the delivery of items or services ...
What is the OIG?
Exclusion Authorities. OIG has the authority to exclude individuals and entities from Federally funded health care programs pursuant to section 1128 of the Social Security Act (Act) (and from Medicare and State health care programs under section 1156 of the Act) and maintains a list of all currently excluded individuals and entities called ...
Defining Information Blocking
- As part of the 21stCentury Cures Act final rule, SNFs and other healthcare organizations cannot perform any actions that could interfere with the access, exchange, or use of EHI. For SNFs using EHR software, patient health information should be shared upon request electronically without human interference, offering clinicians timely access to health data when collaborating …
Rule Exceptions to Information Blocking
- Some healthcare providers and networks perform functions that are considered both necessary and reasonable. However, they could be misconstrued as information blocking. To avoid confusion and misjudgment, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology devised rule exceptions allowing these entities to continue certain practices withou…
Measures An Agency Can Take to Ensure Compliance
- 1. Review your agency’s current practices. Evaluate how your agency currently responds to EHI requests. Then, identify practices that could be considered information blocking. Develop and maintain procedures for documenting and processing EHI requests that keep your agency within compliance standards. 2. Develop a policy on information blocking. Ha...