Becker's Healthcare March 11, 2020
Jackie Drees

HHS’ interoperability rule, issued last year by CMS and finalized March 9, will require Medicare and Medicaid plans to adopt standard application programming interfaces that will help patients access their electronic health data more easily.

With the APIs, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries will be able to use third-party apps to store their electronic health information such as insurance claims and benefit information. The rule, which was released in conjunction with ONC’s interoperability rule, will require healthcare providers and health IT vendors to implement the API requirements within two years of the publication of the final rules.

Here are seven dates to know regarding HHS’ final interoperability rules and when the new policies will go into effect:

Late 2020: CMS will...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, ONC, Provider, Technology
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