On March 4, 2013, CommonWell Health Alliance launched with five founding members and a shared vision to break down barriers to health data exchange. Fast forward more than eight years later: CommonWell has more than 80 members and a nationwide network that has retrieved more than 1.5 billion records across 24,000 provider sites.
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The American Medical Association announced that the Current Procedural Terminology code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include a new code for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine created by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
CHIME and AEHIS fielded a survey of its membership’s Chief Information Security Officers to determine the impact cybersecurity incidents had on healthcare in the last year, finding widespread impacts on organizations and the need for more education and resources.
Denver-based CORHIO and Phoenix-based Health Current, both HIEs that operate independently under the regional organization Contexture, recently earned separate Certified statuses for information security by HITRUST. Together, CORHIO and Health Current serve 1,800 healthcare organizations across Colorado and Arizona.
The AMA announced that the CPT® code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel. The provisional CPT codes will be effective for use on the condition that Pfizer’s two-dose regimen for the prevention of COVID-19 in children ages 5 to 11 receives approval or emergency use authorization from the FDA.
The American Medical Association called the Biden Administration’s interim final rule on surprise billing an undeserved gift to the insurance industry that will reduce health care options for patients.
EHNAC announced that it has posted new versions of program criteria for its 20 accreditation programs for public review. The open process for adopting criteria will commence on September 27, 2021 and end on November 29, 2021.
The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability challenges for the public good, has launched a special edition of its popular information blocking compliance boot camp program, targeted for health plans and payers.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement affirming that health apps and connected devices that collect or use consumers’ health information must comply with the Health Breach Notification Rule, which requires that they notify consumers and others when their health data is breached.