Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Select the Right Care Model for Your CCBHC
By Melissa Giampietri – Expanding access to behavioral health services, substance use disorder services, and vital human services such as those for people with intellectual and/or developmental disorders is vital to providing high-quality, whole-person care to everyone in need.
CMS Proposes Physician Payment Rule to Expand Access to High-Quality Care
CMS issued the Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, which would significantly expand access to behavioral health services, Accountable Care Organizations, cancer screening, and dental care – particularly in rural and underserved areas.
What’s New in the 2022 Approved Standards via Standards Version Advancement Process
By Rob Anthony & Avinash Shanbhag – Beginning August 29, 2022, health IT developers participating in ONC’s Health IT Certification Program can voluntarily incorporate new versions of standards approved by the national coordinator into their Certified Health IT Modules.
FAST Continues FHIR Scalability Work as a New HL7 FHIR Accelerator
By Alex Kontur & Stephen Konya – The HL7® Fast Heathcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ®) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative has officially left the nest and taken flight! In 2017, ONC spearheaded the FHIR at Scale Taskforce, a public-private partnership with industry stakeholders, to accelerate the scalability of FHIR across the industry.
HHS Seeking Public Comment on Strengthening Primary Health Care
The public comment period will be open for 36 days starting June 27, 2022, through August 1 at 11:59 PM ET. HHS is committed to transparency and providing opportunities for public participation during the development of the plan.
How to Revive Your Healthcare Quality Assurance Program Post Pandemic
By Joni Orand – For quality professionals, job number one is jump starting healthcare quality initiatives that took a back seat during the height of COVID-19. As hospital staff were stretched thin and supply chains were disrupted CMS even temporarily suspended quality reporting requirements for Medicare quality programs in 2020.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 7-04-22
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 EHI Sharing Workshop, new funding announcement for the 2022 LEAP in Health IT NOFO, & GAO is seeking nominations for HITAC.
ONC Launches New HITAC Adopted Standards Task Force
By Josianne Charles, Liz Turi, Scott Bohon, & Mike Berry – Recently the ONC launched the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Adopted Standards Task Force to review and make recommendations on the existing set of ONC-adopted standards and implementation specifications.