KFF August 26, 2025
In July 2025, the Trump administration announced a new effort (“Making Health Tech Great Again”) towards health data interchange (referred to in this brief as “interoperability”). This announcement accompanied voluntary commitments from more than 60 providers, payers, and software companies—vendors of electronic health records (EHR) systems, health care analytics platforms, and those traditionally outside the realm of health care, such as artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The announcement focused on two concepts: establishing (1) a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “Interoperability Framework,” which refers to a set of criteria and other agreements; and (2) “CMS Aligned Networks,” which are networks of entities that voluntarily agree to adhere to the Interoperability Framework and other agreements that support a standardized system...
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