Health Evolution March 9, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published two final rules on interoperability and patient access this week, as required by the 21st Century Cures Act. The rule addresses information blocking practices and aims to give patients more control of their data.
“The days of patients being kept in the dark are over,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement. “In today’s digital age, our health system’s data sharing capacity shouldn’t be mired in the stone age. Unfortunately, data silos continue to fragment care, burden patients, and providers, and drive up costs through repeat tests.”
Verma added that the rules essentially begin a new chapter in which...
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