Fierce Health Payers September 24, 2019
Seven healthcare provider groups are appealing to congressional leaders to help slow down proposed federal interoperability rules. The groups cited concerns about patient data privacy, the implementation timelines and increased burden on clinicians.
The groups sent a letter (PDF) to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and one to Reps. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, and Greg Walden, R-Oregon, chair and ranking member, respectively, of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released its proposed information blocking rule (PDF) that outlines seven exceptions to the prohibition against information blocking and provides standardized criteria for...
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