The 21st Century Cures Act focuses on making important investments in accelerating medical product development and bringing new innovations and advances to patients who need them faster and more efficiently. Enacted in 2016, the Cures Act also includes several health IT-specific policies, from increasing innovation and competition by allowing more choice in care and treatment, reducing burden as well as advancing interoperability through new application programming interface (API) requirements, and promoting patient access to their electronic health information (EHI)
HIMSS recommendations for proposed Information Blocking Provider Disincentives
As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to disincentivize information blocking by healthcare providers. In the attached letter, HIMSS provides recommendations in response to proposed financial disincentives and a website detailing information blocking actions by providers detailed in the 21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking proposed rule
ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule
ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule supports seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.
Final ONC Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
On Monday, March 9, 2020 the ONC and CMS publicly released their final regulations related to driving more interoperability and data exchange across the entire healthcare ecosystem.
Final CMS Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
On Monday, March 9, 2020 CMS and the ONC publicly released their final regulations related to driving more interoperability and data exchange across the entire healthcare ecosystem.
HIMSS Leads Healthcare Groups in Asking HHS for More Guidance on Information Sharing
HIMSS and the Healthcare Leadership Council have led 28 organizations in asking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra for more specific and granular guidance on...
ONC Publishes Updated Common Agreement for TEFCA
As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Version 1.1 on the Federal Register...
HHS OIG Releases Proposed Regulation on Information Blocking Civil Money Penalties
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a Proposed Regulation on Civil Money Penalties related to the information blocking provisions included in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Interoperability Regulation.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Ask HHS OIG for More Clarity, Increased Coordination on Information Blocking CMP Proposed Regulation
HIMSS and PCHA provided written comments to the Information Blocking Rules Proposed Regulation
ONC Announces Additional Flexibilities Around Interoperability Final Regulation Implementation
On October 29, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT published an Interim Final Regulation. The regulation covers information blocking, certification, and enforcement.
Webinar: The New Interoperability Regulations – Transforming to a Learning Health System
This forum provides a platform to discuss the importance of data exchange as well as how a LHS benefits patients, providers, innovators, and the broader healthcare delivery system.
Compliance with ONC’s Interoperability Regulation Information Blocking Provisions Required Beginning April 5, 2021
Implementation of the health information technology (IT) provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act is fully under way, and April 5, 2021, is the deadline for regulated actors to comply with the...
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