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 2022 ONC Annual Meeting recordings are now On-Demand, the feedback period for the USCDI v3 is open until April 30th, & the SVAP comment period closes on May 1st.
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By Brenda Akinnagbe – Integrating data from health care and home and community-based services (HCBS) to improve health outcomes is of growing importance, especially as the U.S. population ages and the demand for long-term services and supports grows.
CMS is hosting a Quality Payment Program webinar on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET. This presentation will provide an overview of the requirements for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System for the 2022 performance year.
While there are regional and national interoperability hubs like CommonWell working at scale across the country, the ONC’s recent TEFCA aims at pushing the health IT industry to certify these hubs as highly scalable, highly secure utility grade systems and connect them via standardized exchange practices and patient search capabilities.
By Tony Myers & Asara Clark – One of the most important functions that the ONC performs is administering the ONC Health IT Certification Program. A critical aspect of the Program is to ensure that certified health IT meets established requirements in order to give confidence to users that the health IT performs in conformance with those requirements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking steps to continue to protect nursing home residents’ health and safety by announcing guidance that restores certain minimum standards for compliance with CMS requirements.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights released a Request for Information seeking input from the public on two requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act), as amended in 2021.
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
By Lisa-Nicole Sarnowski – The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released the HHS Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2022-2026, which addresses the complex, multifaceted, and evolving health and human services matters facing our nation including health information exchange.