Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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What’s Happening at the ONC – 1-31-22
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including an updated ONC Annual Meeting Schedule, Sync for Genes Phase 5 seeks participation for demonstration sites, submissions due 2/11, & more!
HHS Distributing $2 Billion More in Provider Relief Fund Payments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is making more than $2 billion in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 General Distribution payments to more than 7,600 providers across the country this week.
ONC 2022 Annual Meeting Part 1 – Feb 2-3
ONC Annual Meeting will be in two parts this year. Educational sessions will be on Feb. 2-3. Registration is set up for individual sessions, attend one or all. Topics will include TEFCA, FHIR, 21 Century Cures Act, and information sharing and blocking.
No Surprises: Understand your rights against surprise medical bills
The No Surprises Act protects people covered under group and individual health plans from receiving surprise medical bills when they receive most emergency services, non-emergency services from out-of-network providers at in-network facilities, and services from out-of-network air ambulance service providers.
ONC-Led Initiative Releases Unified Specification for Patient Addresses in Health Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in collaboration with standards development organizations and health IT stakeholders, released the Project US@ (‘Project USA’) Technical Specification Final Version 1.0.
CMS Seeking Recommendations for MIPS Specialty Measure Sets
CMS is accepting stakeholders’ recommendations regarding potential new specialty measure sets and/or revisions to existing specialty measure sets for the 2023 performance year of MIPS. Recommendations for new specialty sets or revisions to the 2022 specialty sets should be based on the established 2022 MIPS quality measures.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 1-03-22
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including an ONC Artificial Intelligence Showcase, the ONC2022 Annual Meeting & the ONC Patient Access Summit.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.