Reminder: Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines:
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CMS Selects Seven Finalists to Advance to Stage 2 of the AI Health Outcomes Challenge
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the Participants (the Finalists) selected to advance to Stage 2 of the CMS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge.
ONC Publishes Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published the final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. The Plan outlines federal health IT goals and objectives, with a focus on individuals’ access to their electronic health information.
Extension on 21st Century Cures Act Compliance Dates Announced
HHS Extends Compliance Dates for Information Blocking and Health IT Certification Requirements in 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule. Responding to public health threats posed by the coronavirus pandemic releases interim final rule with comment period to extend compliance dates.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 10-09-20
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 extension for USCDI ONDEC submissions, ISA & SVAP comment periods open through November 9, updates to the SRA Tool & more.
HHS Announces Funding for HIEs to Support Public Health Agencies
HHS announced five cooperative agreements to HIEs to help support state and local public health agencies in their efforts to respond to public health emergencies, including disasters and pandemics such as COVID-19.
Tracking Physician Use and Burdens
HHS launched an initiative to measure health information technology (health IT) use among office-based physicians across the country and the ONC awarded a cooperative agreement to the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) to measure the use and potential burdens experienced by office-based physicians.
HHS Announces Health IT Awardees Focused on Data Sharing
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced four awards totaling more than $2.7 million under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health Information Technology (LEAP in Health IT) funding opportunity.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 9-11-20
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 3 new workshops to attend next week, ISA & SVAP Comment Periods Open, careers at the ONC & more.