By Sean Ryan – You have undoubtedly heard of the ONC-Health IT 2015 Edition Cures Update Health IT certification and the importance of medical providers using a certified vendor. Even so, there is still a large amount of uncertainty around it. So, what is the 21st Century Cures Act? And why is it so important for small practices?
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By Chelsea Richwine – In 2020, the HHS released a strategy to reduce regulatory and administrative burden relating to the use of health IT, including EHR systems. Key burden reduction goals addressed in the report include reducing the amount of time and effort required to…
By Patti Barkey – The 21st Century Cures Act (also known simply as the Cures Act), signed into law on December 13, 2016, is bipartisan legislation designed to increase choice and access to electronic health information for patients and providers. Provisions in the law are intended to help accelerate…
By Mike Berry – The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee plays an important role in ONC activities and objectives. Required by the 21st Century Cures Act, the HITAC has been operational since 2018 and represents a wide range of experts in health IT who inform ONC’s policies and programs.
CMS has opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System eligible clinicians who participated in the 2022 performance year of the Quality Payment Program.
By Andrew Hayden – We are excited to continue a New Year’s tradition at ONC with the release of the annual Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition! The 2023 ISA Reference Edition, the ninth annual publication, reflects more than 150 comments received by ONC during…
By Chris Emper – In the final two months of 2022, CMS released over 5,000 pages of new regulations and the U.S. Congress passed into law a 4,000-plus page omnibus spending bill that had over 1,000 pages of healthcare provisions.
By Chelsea Richwine – Patients have a right of access to their health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Recent policy efforts aim to simplify and increase patient access to electronic health information, as easy access to health information enables patients to monitor…
The $1.7 trillion spending bill for fiscal year 2023 was signed into law. Included were health care provisions. With billions going to healthcare, what are our industry leaders saying about how the money will be spent? We reach out to see what they had to say.