Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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APIs for Research: Perspectives from Providers
By Mera Choi, Stephanie Garcia, & Chelsea Richwine – The Cures Act Final Rule includes regulatory requirements to implement secure, standards-based application programming interfaces. To support the acceleration of API adoption in health care, ONC has published a series of perspective reports that focus on key stakeholders and their views on APIs.
E Pluribus Unum
By Micky Tripathi & Steven Posnack – As our nation transitions to a digital healthcare system, our stakeholders are discovering new opportunities for using health information technology to advance health care delivery, public health, and research to improve people’s lives.
HHS and DOJ Issue Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth
HHS and DOJ issue guidance that provides clarity on how federal nondiscrimination laws require accessibility for people with disabilities and limited English proficient persons in health care provided via telehealth.
Time to Chime In: ISA Comment Period Is Now Open
By Andrew Hayden & Sherilyn Pruitt – The annual comment period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory will be open from 7/28 – 9/30. Comments, suggest revisions, and propose additions are for the 9th Annual ISA Reference Edition in January 2023.
Expanding the Use of HIE Data for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
By Adam Wong & Wei Chang – ONC is excited to announce “Using Machine Learning Techniques to Enable Health Information Exchange to Support COVID-19-Focused PCOR,” a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund project implementing new technologies and standards to unlock the potential for health information exchanges (HIEs) to support research.
Two 2023 CMS Payment System Final Rules Released
CMS releases Fiscal Year 2023 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1767-F) and Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS 1765-F).
What’s Happening at the ONC – 8-01-22
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 an EHI Sharing Workshop this week, a new data brief showing the latest data on interoperable exchange of health information among office-based physicians in 2019, & new Approved Standards for 2022.
We Can Attest: 100% Compliance for First-Time Attestations
By Christopher Monk & Papia Paul – Health IT Modules certified through the ONC Health IT Certification Program provide end users with confidence that the technology they depend on to provide care lives up to its certified capabilities.