Healthcare IT News June 10, 2022
Mike Miliard

Citing a “lack of currently available automated solutions,” the hospital group says its members will have difficulty with data exchange between convening providers and co-providers.

The American Hospital Association wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services earlier this week, calling on the agency to offer further guidance about – and postpone enforcement of – a key piece of the No Surprises Act.

In a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AHA Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes expressed concerns about the feasibility of requirements around “convening provider” and “co-provider” data exchange.

The No Surprises Act requires that convening providers – defined as “the provider or facility who schedules an item or service or who receives the initial request for...

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