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Ensuring Provider Directory Compliance With H.R. 133

Verisys

Passed last December, the Act requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to improve the verification and refresh process of their provider directory systems. The goal is to improve the accuracy and transparency of provider information for consumers and minimize the impacts of unverified data.

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July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HIT Consultant

Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act to allow employers to offer standalone telehealth service programs – not unlike dental and vision plans – in addition to existing health insurance plans.