New Regulations Impede Standard of Care
On July 25th, the Specialty Pharmacy Association of America (SPAARx) sent a letter to The Office of Civil Rights, the department responsible for enforcing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) newly issued revisions to HIPAA regulations implementing the HI-TECH Act [78 Fed. Reg. 5566 (Jan. 25,20l3) ("final rule')]. In the letter to Susan McAndrew, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy, SPAARx cites several issues that the Association believes are confusing, and unduly restrictive to specialty pharmacies' ability to deliver the Standard of Care as defined in the SPAARx Definition of Specialty Pharmacy...Read More
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