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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The Medical Group Management Association this week asked for greater transparency from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in its proposed information blocking rules – and outlined several key recommendations to…
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Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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HHS and ONC approve the final HTI-1 rule that addresses:
Algorithm transparency.
Designation of USCDI v3 as the baseline certification standard.
An enhanced information blocking requirement.
A requirement that developers of certified health IT report…
Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena, discusses crucial changes needed in healthcare policy and investment. Kat emphasizes the importance of accelerating the enforcement of information blocking rules to promote data sharing and accessibility. Moreover, she…
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Dr. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health always has his finger on the pulse of healthcare. Right now, he is keeping his eye on the HTI-1 rule from the ONC, the pace…
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For the 128th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are doing a roundup focused on health IT regulatory news! For those familiar with our weekly roundup article, this is the podcast version. For…
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While comments on HHS’ proposed rules on information blocking disincentives for Medicare providers aren’t due until January 2, 2024, with no set data after that for publication of a final rule after that, “the federal government…
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One of my professional organizations has a forum for members to help us stay connected about hot topics. I got my chuckle of the day when one member referred to scope creep on federal…
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