The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has delayed the effective date of a final rule concerning updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards for retail pharmacy transactions and Medicaid pharmacy subrogation until April 14, 2025. This delay, following a Presidential memorandum on regulatory review, allows HHS more time to consider the new regulations. The compliance date for these standards is also extended to April 14, 2028. The immediate implementation of this delay is based on good cause exceptions, as it is impractical to seek public comment given the circumstances.
Simple Explanation
The government is taking longer to start new rules about how pharmacies and certain health plans share information so they can make sure everything is correct. The new rules were supposed to start soon, but they need more time to review them, so now they'll start in 2025 and everyone has until 2028 to follow them.