By Jim Tate – Now, for the first time in 20 years, a Certification tool is down and not available for live testing by any of the ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCB).
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By Mary Griskewicz – At first glance, the latest Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Request for Information is short, coming in at 3 pages. But don’t be fooled. It is asking some big, open-ended questions that could shape the future of the Medicare program for years to come.
These proposed rules issued by CMS have all been published to the Federal Register and are all in their 60 day comment periods.
CMS is pleased to announce the availability of Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) for two CMS Innovation Center models.
The following is communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on upcoming deadlines.
By Nathan Elliott – NCQA provides a nationally recognized standard for validating an organization’s ability to collect, aggregate, and standardize healthcare data for quality measurement and reporting, such as Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). It represents more than 72% of the U.S. population.
The Sequoia Project, a leading non-profit focused on advancing healthcare interoperability, is pleased to publish the “Payer-to-Payer Compliance Readiness Checklist.” This checklist is designed to help payers assess their readiness for compliance with the payer-to-payer components of CMS-0057-F, a critical regulation for improving data sharing and interoperability in healthcare.
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) registration window is open for the 2025 performance year. Individuals, groups, subgroups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities that wish to report an MVP can register until December 1, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET.
Registration is open through June 30, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System Survey for the 2025 performance year.