Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released long-awaited rules pertaining to Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which was passed by Congress in 2015. The 2,200-page rule is intended to provide the foundation for the future of the Medicare reimbursement system. ACT’s Connected Health Initiative [...]

Last night, the Department of Justice filed a petition requesting the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revisit its unanimous decision that the government could not use a warrant to force American companies to share data on users' emails stored abroad. In response, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | The App Association, [...]

Today, HHS Office of Civil Rights released guidance to clarify HIPAA obligations for companies storing and sharing health information in the cloud. This comes after a 2014 pledge to Congress from HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to work with ACT | The App Association and its Connected Health Initiative to make the regulatory environment better for connected [...]

Today, ACT | The App Association and a broad group of tech organizations and individuals filed a joint amicus brief in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to oppose a temporary restraining order that would delay the IANA transition. Accordingly, ACT | The App Association President [...]

Yesterday, ACT | The App Association and a group of its members from across the country sent a letter to leaders in Congress in support of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). [...]