On today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Susan Morse welcome back Tom Leary, Jeff Coughlin, and David Gray, all from the HIMSS Government Relations team, to discuss what to expect in the lame duck session of Congress as well as when the Biden administration gets underway in 2021. We also delve into the recent extensions in the info blocking rules, where we stand with telehealth waiver extensions, and last week's Supreme Court oral arguments about the future of the Affordable Care Act.

Talking Points:

• What a Biden administration could mean for health tech policy
• What could happen under different Senate control scenarios
• Health tech policy priorities: telehealth, public health infrastructure, and patient identification
• Patient ID ban update
• Health IT’s enduring bipartisan appeal
• What to expect re: COVID-19 relief
• The future of telehealth waivers
• What we learned at ACA oral arguments
• What Biden can do on the ACA without Congress

Previously on HIMSSCast:

Healthcare on the Ballot: The 2020 Election, Obamacare and COVID-19

How providers, payers should be preparing for new info blocking, patient access rules — with Jeff Coughlin

The US needs a patient identification strategy yesterday — with Tom Leary and David Gray

More About This Episode:

ONC offers new compliance extension for information blocking rules

Healthcare industry groups react to extended info blocking compliance timeline

HHS publishes final regs on info blocking, interoperability

Supreme Court appears favorable to keeping Affordable Care Act

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments this morning to determine validity of Affordable Care Act

Payers are working to meet deadline for interoperability mandate

New ONC, CMS rules put everyone in interoperability business

ONC Announces Additional Flexibilities Around Interoperability Final Regulation Implementation

COVID-19 Global Policy Call to Action Report

COVID-19 and the Digital Health Policy Impact

Adopting Connected Care Policy Waivers Permanently to Develop Resilient Healthcare Systems Report