The comment period for Stage 3 proposed rules ended last Friday. Nearly 900 comments were submitted electronically for both these rules. From the 90-day reporting period, easing of requirements, hardship exceptions, public health reporting, to care coordination no stone was left unturned. Read the industry leaders submitted comments.
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executive (CHIME)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Cleveland Clinic
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Hospital Association (AHA)
- Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN)
- Review all submitted comments for the CMS NPRM on Regulations.gov
- Review all submitted comments for the ONC NPRM on Regulations.gov
CMS EHR Incentive Programs
Summary: This Stage 3 proposed rule would specify the meaningful use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments and avoid downward payment adjustments under Medicare for Stage 3 of the EHR Incentive Programs. Read the proposed rule.
ONC Certification
This notice of proposed rulemaking introduces a new edition of certification criteria (the 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria or “2015 Edition”), proposes a new 2015 Edition Base EHR definition, and proposes to modify the ONC Health IT Certification Program to make it open and accessible to more types of health IT and health IT that supports various care and practice settings. Read the proposed rule.