Modern Healthcare September 23, 2019
Jessica Kim Cohen

Several major provider groups continued to push back against pending final rules on data blocking and interoperability.

In a letter to Senate and House leaders, the groups—including the American Health Information Management Association, the American Medical Association and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives—called on the federal government to release interim rulemaking, which they claimed will allow agencies to address a slew of industry concerns.

Interim rulemaking would also reopen a proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for further comment from stakeholders.

An ONC spokesperson said the agency is aware of the letters. They did not comment on whether the ONC has plans for supplemental rulemaking.

“We are mindful of the need...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, CMS, Congress / White House, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, Physician, Provider, Regulations, Technology
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