Interoperability
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized rules to promote electronic health information exchange.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the ONC final rule.
Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2019 Promoting Interoperability Program reporting period by Monday, March 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The Department of Health and Human Services finalized its strategy to reduce regulatory and administrative burdens for health care providers using electronic health records and other health information technology.
The AHA today proposed additional actions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could take immediately 鈥渢o reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals, health systems and the patients that we serve.鈥
Medicare fee-for-service providers can sign up to participate in a pilot program allow clinicians to access a patient鈥檚 Medicare claims data for treatment purposes without logging into a separate application.
Commenting today on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology鈥檚 proposed rule on interoperability, information blocking and the Health IT Certification Program, AHA urged the agency to consider ways to help patients get easy access to their data without sacrificing鈥
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that did not qualify as meaningful users of certified electronic health record technology for the 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program may apply for a hardship exception to avoid the associated payment penalty.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held part two of a hearing examining how to improve interoperability in health care, define information blocking, and improve patient access to care as part of implementing the 21st Century Cures Act.
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