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HHS Office of Inspector General released on July 10, 2024 a Proposed Rule for Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) There is a lot to share! Follow Gravely Group and Steve Gravely for a complete breakdown of the proposed rule in our series #HTI2ProposedRule. ________________________________________________ PART 1… Continue reading New HTI-2 Proposed Rule

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) took a big step forward on April 22, 2024 when ONC published the long-expected Common Agreement v. 2.0.  Many people, Steve Gravely included, have been working diligently to update the Common Agreement even while the first group of Designated QHINs started exchanging health information live via TEFCA… Continue reading TEFCA Takes Another Big Step Forward

“TEFCA raises the bar to protect the privacy and security of health information” is what Steve Gravely of Gravely Group told the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NVCHS) on April 12, 2024, in Washington, DC.  Steve was honored to be part of an excellent panel presentation to update the NVCHS on TEFCA and… Continue reading Steve Gravely Speaks on TEFCA at NVCHS Meeting

Are you ready to respond to a federal subpoena from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) asking for documents and interviews related to a complaint that has been filed against you for engaging in “information blocking”?  If you are involved in the exchange of electronic health information in any capacity, you may be considered… Continue reading No Bad Actors Here: Compliance with the Information Blocking Rule

Did you know that the federal government has launched a health information exchange network? Yes, it is called #TEFCA and it is in production! #ONC approved the first Qualified Health Information Networks in December 2023 and they are now sharing health information for several Exchange Purposes. State and regional #HIEs, healthcare providers, health plans and public health agencies are… Continue reading #TEFCA Is Here – Qualified Health Information Networks