AI Governance
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Tuesday, October 13
The useful signal this morning comes from the states, not Washington: Utah is turning independent clinical evaluation into a condition of health-AI…
Privacy and Security
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Monday, October 12
Today’s pressure point is operational accountability.
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Thursday, October 8
CMS has opened a consequential but technical front: modernizing remote laboratory work without letting accountability evaporate into the cloud.
Interoperability
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Monday, October 5
CMS fixed a payment-recovery trap for qualifying APM participants.
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Friday, October 2
Today’s implementation pressure: a final CMS drug model, a refreshed ONC cybersecurity tool, and Medicare Advantage enforcement all test who owns the…
Interoperability
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Tuesday, September 29
ONC has a better cyber checklist for smaller practices—but it is not a compliance shield.
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Friday, September 25
Today’s useful signal is not a new federal mandate; it is the implementation boundary where public money and vendor promises meet physician workflow.
Interoperability
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Thursday, September 24
ONC owns today’s clock. Its USCDI Version 8 input window closes Monday, September 28, at 11:59 p.m.
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Monday, September 14
ONC has published USCDI Version 7, adding 31 data elements and expanding the federal vocabulary around patient safety, nutrition care, and other clinical…
Privacy and Security
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Friday, September 11
Today’s strongest thread is operational accountability: Congress is putting physician payment and cybersecurity on one docket, ONC is giving implementers…
AI Governance
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF — Tuesday, September 8
Today’s useful signals all expose the same policy failure: safeguards and access rules look tidy at the product or agency level, then fray where…
Privacy and Security
CMS is building the privacy rails for its Nurses for Nursing Homes program
CMS is scheduled to publish a new Privacy Act system-of-records notice on August 20 for the Nurses for Nursing Homes Program, a workforce initiative tied…