CMS Shares Early Insights from the Accountable Health Communities Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is excited to release a brief on “Partnering for Impact: Early Insights from the Accountable Health Communities Model.”
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Proposed Changes to the Medicare PI Program for Hospitals
On May 11, CMS issued the Fiscal Year 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
Mapping the Path Forward in Health IT
By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras MBA PMP, Teresa Zayas Cabán and Kevin Chaney MGS – This year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released three strategic documents that will help set a path forward for health IT.
FTC Requesting Comments on Health Breach Notification Rule
Next on the FTC’s regulatory review calendar: the Health Breach Notification Rule. In place since 2009, the Rule requires vendors of personal health records and related entities that aren’t covered by HIPAA to notify individuals, the FTC, and, in some cases…
Insight into FDA’s Revised Policy on Antibody Tests: Prioritizing Access and Accuracy
By Anand Shah MD & Jeff Shuren MD – As we at the FDA have said before, every step we have taken in our approach to COVID-19 testing has been a careful balancing of risks and benefits – all done to anticipate and meet continuing and evolving public health needs as we combat this virus.
Celebrating National Nurses Week: Reflections on Health Information Technology
By Alicia Morton, Liz Palena Hall, Wanda Govan-Jenkins and Laverne Perlie – As we celebrate 200 years since Florence Nightingale’s birth and National Nurses Week comes to a close, the nurses at ONC would like to acknowledge the tremendous work being done on the front lines by our colleagues fighting this pandemic.
Payers: Forge Ahead Despite HHS Rule Delay
By John D’Amore – On March 9, 2020, HHS announced two long-anticipated rules from the ONC and CMS designed to “finally deliver on giving patients true access to their healthcare data.” Some expected these deadlines to be a few years out, but HHS had other plans in mind:
Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Hardship Exception Application
CMS requires that all eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals use 2015 Edition CEHRT to meet the requirements of the Promoting Interoperability Programs. As required by law, downward payment adjustments must be applied to eligible hospitals and CAHs that are not meaningful users of CEHRT.
Clinical Genomics Data for Precision Medicine
By Stephanie Garcia, MPH, Kevin Chaney, MGS, Tracy Okubo, PMP, Robert Freimuth & Teresa Zayas Caban – Genomic data—information about the complete set of genes that make up each individual—have the potential to revolutionize healthcare and usher in a new era of precision medicine and scientific discovery.