HHS said it is looking to remove regulatory barriers to health information sharing and the plan just took a first step. This is just one step in many for HIPAA reforms long march from its origin in the days of paper medical records to the accommodation of the electronic data-sharing needed to coordinate care under todays value-based payment models. Yale researchers last month, for instance, said that even despite HIPAA’s intent, hospitals wind up being roadblocks to patients trying to access data in EHRs, and calls to overhaul the law for the digital age have grown louder recently. The HHS Deputy Secretary recently launched an initiative called the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care. The goal of the Regulatory Sprint is to remove regulatory barriers that impede coordinated, value-based health care. This RFI is being produced to support the Regulatory Sprint, according to the OMB docket.The docket does not say when the RFI will be approved by OMB and released to the public, but it does explain that the RFI will solicit public views on how HIPAA poses barriers to or discourages coordinated care. It will also seek comments on:

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