OCR seeks public comments on potential HIPAA revisions to encourage care coordination

On December 12, 2018, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment to identify provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that may impede the transition to value-based care or that limit the coordination of care. This RFI comes as part of the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, an HHS initiative to identify regulatory hurdles to care coordination.The HIPAA...