MedCity News October 13, 2021
The current delay is specific to one part of the law that needed rework; it should not be seen as an indicator that interoperability will not happen.
On September 15th, 2021, CMS released three FAQ documents that announced “enforcement discretion” around the payer-to-payer exchange, one element of the interoperability rule for payers and providers. What does this mean for payers working to comply with this requirement and what does it mean for all the other related areas of interoperability?
The Payer-to-Payer exchange was one part of the final rule related to CMS/ONC interoperability from the 21st Century Cures Act. It required many payers to allow a current or former member to direct the transmission of their clinical data to another...