Healthcare Finance News January 5, 2024
The disincentive structure proposed is excessive and threatens the financial viability of economically fragile hospitals, AHA says.
The American Hospital Association has joined voices urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator not to finalize a proposed rule on information blocking.
“First, the disincentive structure proposed in this rule is excessive, so much so that it may threaten the financial viability of economically fragile hospitals, including many small and rural hospitals,” the AHA said in its January 2 letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the ONC, Mikey Tripathi.
“The AHA urges CMS and ONC not to finalize this disincentive structure. Should it move forward,...
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