Reminder: Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines:
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HHS OCR Issues HIPAA Requirements Bulletin
The OCR at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations of HIPAA on covered entities and business associates under the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules when using online tracking technologies.
STAR HIE Program Helps Unlock Powerful Public Health Data in West Virginia
By Sonia Chambers, Kevin Eike, Larry Jessup, & LaVerne Perlie – ONC launched the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program in 2020 using funding from the CARES Act.
The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support Person-centered, Value-based Specialty Care
By Liz Fowler JD PhD, Purva Rawal PhD, Sarah Fogler PhD, Brian Waldersen MD MPH, Meghan O’Connell MPH, & Jacob Quinton MD MSHS – In 2021, CMS established a goal to have 100 percent of Original Medicare beneficiaries and the vast majority of Medicaid beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030,,,
HITAC Recommendations on ONC Adopted Standards
By Mike Berry – The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) recently submitted their final report and recommendations related to ONC adopted standards and implementation specifications referenced in federal regulations.
The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions
By LaShawn McIver MD – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health has released “The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions”, which for the first time, outlines a plan to tackle health equity data efforts across CMS programs to achieve health equity by…
Actionable Ways to Meet the 2015 Edition Cures Update Requirements
By Laura M. Urioste – The 2015 Edition Cures Update made several changes to the ONC Health IT Certification Program, including new functionalities; new, removed, and revised criteria; and new requirements establishing the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification.
Interoperability in Action: ONC Informs CMS Ruling on Hospital Measures
By Alex Baker & Elisabeth Myers – This is the second blog post in a two-part series that examines how policies finalized by CMS in the 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule are advancing the use of interoperable health IT.
Medicare Fines for High Hospital Readmissions Drop, but Nearly 2,300 Facilities Are Still Penalized
By Jordan Rau – The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014.