Seven years can sound like plenty of time to prepare for a regulatory change. When that change affects an identifier embedded across pharmacy, medical claims, reimbursement,...

Before the healthcare price transparency event in Washington, D.C., this past Monday, October 5, little was known about the full agenda or what would be covered. I went in blind...

Since 1978, federal agencies have been required by Executive Orders to publish agendas of regulatory and deregulatory activities twice each year. The federal government publishes...

When a major federal healthcare rule is released, it's often treated as the beginning of implementation planning.

The health IT world converged—both in person and virtually—on April 9, 2026, for a major milestone in the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem Pledge initiative. Launched in July 2025 at the...

When most organizations think about “regulatory monitoring,” they think about tracking proposed rules and enacted laws.

What the DSMO Update Means for HIPAA and Standards Advancement Changes to how HIPAA-adopted standards are maintained rarely generate much attention. They tend to unfold slowly,...

I recently finalized our last Interoperability Outlook report of the year for subscribers, and it gave me a moment to step back and reflect on what I’ve observed after producing...

In our earlier blog, we detailed the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Ecosystem Pledge Program, which aims to create a patient-centric health data...

Enforcement of information blocking has moved from concept to practice. On September 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release signaled an...