CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers. Also included in the regulations is a 60 day comment period on Merit Based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS).
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CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
By Karen B. DeSalvo, Gretchen Wyatt, & Matthew Swain – Most people that use GPS navigation apps aren’t concerned with the backend development, the standards used, or whether the app is interoperable with other data sources – people just want to arrive at their destination quickly and safely.
By John Halamka MD – The September 2015 HIT Standards Committee was notable for the naming of new members and for the incorporation of the NwHIN Power Team (Dixie Baker) Standards Maturity model in all of ONC’s planning. Ten members of the committee reached their term limit in June.
ONC released new version of the Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020. This is the new blueprint to improve the health IT infrastructure to help transform health care delivery, improve individual and community health and support a responsive, evolving health IT ecosystem that puts individuals at the center of care.
By Erica Galvez – Recent ONC analyses from a nationwide survey of non-federal acute care hospitals conducted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlight the near universal adoption of EHRs by hospitals and significant increases in hospitals’ electronically exchanging health information with outside providers compared to past years.
ONC announced that two electronic health record (EHR) products, previously certified as products that may be used as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, had their certifications terminated.
By John Halamka MD – The August 2015 HIT Standards Committee marked the beginning of an important transition. As work on Meaningful Use winds down, it is being replaced with work on Obama’s signature precision medicine initiative and planning for the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory.