Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Health Providers: Join the Telehealth Revolution
By Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams MD, MPH – As healthcare providers, we swear an oath at medical school graduation that guides us through our careers. Whether on the job or walking down the street, we carry this promise, to our patients, communities, and society as a whole.
What You Need to Know About the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification
By Rob Anthony – Now that the dust has settled ever so slightly on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Cures Act Final Rule, we wanted to dive a little deeper into the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification provisions.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 4-24-20
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 enforcement discretion related to ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule, careers at ONC, new Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) Funding Available.
Standards for Everyday Life: Integrating Emerging Health Data to Advance Precision Medicine
By Kevin Chaney MGS, Tracy Okubo PMP, Ida Sim PhD, MD & Teresa Zayas Caban – We know SDOH—the conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play—impact our health, delivery of care, and coordination of services in many ways.
Statements from ONC and CMS on Final Rules Implementation
Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibilities amid the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
COVID-19 Regulatory Updates that Impact Health Plan CAHPS Surveys
By Esther Turner – Here at SPH Analytics we’ve been busy interpreting and addressing all of the fast and furious regulatory updates that have come from NCQA and CMS these past few days. We’ve compiled the ones that impact health plan CAHPS® surveys here for your reference.
New Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) Funding Available
ONC has released a special emphasis notice of funding opportunity to address the development and testing of data sharing functionalities to support clinical care, research, and improved health care outcomes.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
On March 27 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, was signed into law. The $2 trillion package is aimed at combating the economic damage from US coronavirus crisis.