HHS Asks For Input On HIPAA Changes To Push Coordinated Care

The HHS Office of Civil Rights is asking for feedback on how to change the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to remove obstacles to efficient care coordination while also protecting patients’ health information, as well as how to encourage providers to share information for treatment and care coordination, making it easier to share information with parents and caregivers and dealing with the opioid crisis. As part of the Request for Information, released Wednesday (Dec. 12), the agency also says...