On Monday, CMS announced a final rule allowing qualified organizations to access its claims database to develop public ratings reports on physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, the AP/Washington Post reports
Background
According to the AP/Post, the database is considered the “mother lode” of health care data, with information on 47 million beneficiaries and nearly every participating physician and hospital in the country.
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I’m working my way through reading the final rule’s sections on privacy and security. If any readers have already gone through it, what are your thoughts – are there sufficient protections in place?