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ONC finalizes principles, agreement for trusted health information exchange
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released its first final Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a set of non-binding principles and governance approach for health information exchange required by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016.
CMS extends enforcement discretion for payer data exchange requirement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to exercise discretion in enforcing compliance with the payer-to-payer data exchange provisions of its 2020 final rule on interoperability and patient access until it finalizes future rulemaking to address implementation challenges, the agency announced.
CMS extends deadline to submit certain Medicare quality data, attest to interoperability
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for eligible hospitals to submit calendar year 2021 electronic clinical quality measures to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program from Feb. 28 to March 31, 2022.
Reminder: Sept. 1 deadline to apply for interoperability program exception
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that did not qualify as meaningful users of certified electronic health record technology for the 2020 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program may apply for a hardship exception to avoid the associated payment penalty.
CMS updates FAQs on interoperability rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released additional FAQs on its May 2020 final rule on interoperability and patient access.
AHA comments on ONC efforts to standardize social determinants of health data in EHRs
The AHA supports adding data classes and elements to future versions of the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability to capture standardized data on social determinants of health, but suggests prioritizing technical infrastructure development, incorporating lessons learned and continuing investments in real-world testing, the association told the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
CMS releases guidance for hospitals implementing interoperability rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released interpretive guidance on hospital admission, discharge, and transfer notification requirements outlined in its May 2020 final rule on interoperability and patient access, which includes Medicare conditions of participation for hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and critical access hospitals.
CMS extends deadlines for submitting HCAHPS, interoperability data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services extended from Feb. 8 to March 17 the deadline for inpatient prospective payment system hospitals and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals to submit third quarter 2020 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data.
CMS urged to extend deadline to submit 2020 interoperability program data
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the deadline for hospitals to submit 2020 data for the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program from March 1 to at least May 1, 2021, citing problems this year with the system used to submit the data.
ONC releases updated interoperability standard for comment
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released for comment proposed changes to the United States Core Data for Interoperability, a standard set of data classes and elements for national health information exchange.