Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Feds Officially Acknowledge Two NCPDP Standards and Why This is a Big Deal
By Pooja Babbrah & Jocelyn Keegan – Through recent statute and regulations, the Congress and federal government have finally given recognition to two standards from the National Council on Prescription Drug Standards for use by the industry.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 03-29-21
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 ONC Annual Meeting 2021 starts today, new Information Blocking FAQs available, Synthetic Health Data Challenge now in Phase II and more.
Helping to Answer Pressing Policy Questions with Data and Analytics
By Joel Cohen PhD & David Meyers MD – The new Administration has made protecting and expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare one of its top priorities. This commitment will require policy decisions on critical issues ranging from expanding access to health insurance to healthcare inequities.
Extension of the Public Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces a 45-day extension of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
CMS Monday Morning Rounds – Resource Edition
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.
Reducing the Clinician Burden: Shaping Health IT as an Asset
By Andrew Gettinger & Teresa Zayas Cabán – Health IT has helped drive progress in health care over the last decade, but it has also introduced a variety of different challenges, many reported by the clinical community.
FDA’s Data Modernization Action Plan: Putting Data to Work for Public Health
By Janet Woodcock MD & Amy Abernethy MD PhD – With the near ubiquity of interconnected smartphones and computers in modern life, it can be difficult to remember just how quickly our familiarity with data has evolved. Data, in digital form, seem to be everywhere we look.
Researchers’ Perspectives on Accelerating APIs and App Connectivity
By Allison Dennis, Kevin Chaney & Teresa Zayas Cabán – Today’s health information ecosystem is broadening in terms of participants and data availability. The data sources that exist to inform clinical and biomedical research are more diverse than ever.