Articles by HHS/ONC/CMS Communications


2024 Medicare Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule

On August 1, 2023, the CMS issued the fiscal year 2024 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. The final rule updates Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for FY 2024.


What’s Happening at the ONC

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 a new dataset on certified technology use for clinicians reporting for Promoting Interoperability in 2019, 2020, and 2021, the USCDI v4 is now published, & a Navigating Federal Employment Workshop webinar.




What’s Happening at the ONC

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 the final rule on enforcement of ONC blocking rule, a new Data Brief, and an ONC Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable webinar.



What’s Happening at the ONC – 06/12/23

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 ONCHTI1 is open for public comment, deadline extended to 6/30 for USCDI+ Quality data list, a new Data Brief, several webinars to attend, and more!