By Jordan Everson & Kimberly Tavernia – According to a recent American Hospital Association survey, most hospitals know about the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and, among those, very few plan on sitting out.
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By Nick Barger, PharmD – You might have heard that the ONC recently released a proposed rule aimed at advancing healthcare through interoperability and technology upgrades. If you’ve been wondering what this means for health IT vendors, we have you covered.
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.
CMS encourages you to submit Promoting Interoperability measures and improvement activities for consideration for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
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 comment period for SVAP due 5/22, funding opportunity: 2023 LEAP in Health IT, SEN, several upcoming events & more.
By Lee A. Fleisher MD, Jean D. Moody-Williams RN MPP, Jonathan Blum – CMS and HRSA are federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that play important roles in protecting the health and safety of Americans as they engage with the U.S. healthcare system.
CMS is pleased to announce the availability of Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) for several CMS Innovation Center models. These models join the 12 models that released data since 2022, bringing the total to 14 models represented in the CMMI Model Data Sharing (CMDS) model participation files.
By Rachel Nelson & Kathryn Marchesini – We often get asked about how ONC’s information blocking regulations and HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules interact with one another. To help clarify, ONC just released a few new information blocking FAQs that illustrate how the federal regulations interact.
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.