AHA challenges CMS and ONC’s proposed disincentives under the 21st Century Cures Act, fearing they could severely jeopardize small and rural hospitals’ financial stability. The association highlights the apparent underestimation of penalties’ true financial…
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The American Hospital Association had four areas of comments for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on the proposed federal rule to…
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By Hannah Nelson
January 03, 2024 – An ONC final rule scheduled for publication on January 9, 2024, will make several updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program to advance interoperability.
The “Health Data, Technology, and…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology has completed its final health IT certification rules and the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency has sent the document to the Office of the…
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What You Should Know:
– A new survey from Verato, a healthcare identity management company, reveals significant challenges faced by healthcare organizations in meeting the data sharing requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act. The…
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By Hannah Nelson
December 12, 2023 – While 61 percent of healthcare organizations have invested resources into meeting the interoperability requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act, only 36 percent report having the necessary data quality…
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By Hannah Nelson
December 12, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has announced that national health data exchange governed by…
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Rules and regulations are put into place in order to keep people safe, on both the administrator end and the user end. This is especially important in the field of healthcare, where we are…
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Healthcare providers who engage in information blocking could be on the hook for significant financial penalties, if proposed rules published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week are put into…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 30, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of…
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