Policy and Legislation

<p>This week's top stories include providers aiming to extend the public health emergency that ushered in waivers and flexibilities during the pandemic, and clinicians at DOD, Coast Guard and VA sites could not update medical information for hours.</p>

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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This week's top stories include the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center reporting that <span style="color:black">Protected Health Information in EHRs is prized by bad actors, and 60 U.S. senators sent a letter urging CMS to protect MA. </span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic halting the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, <span style="color:black">and </span>an Oklahoma City hospital tightening security after COVID-19-related social media posts accused providers of murder. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This week's top stories include a report that the VA did not ensure the quality of data migrated to its new Cerner EHR system, and a federal judge ruling that Martin Shkreli be barred from the pharma industry and ordering him to pay $64.6M. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include SCOTUS blocking a vaccine mandate for employees of large companies, yet upholding another one for facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and digital medicine platform Akili plans to go public through merging with SPAC Social Capital Suvretta.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></p>

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