Inside Digital Health April 9, 2019
Janae Sharp

In February, CMS and ONC released joint rules proposing steps to advance interoperability with a focus on freeing data and putting information in the patient’s hands. Stakeholders now have until May 3rd to provide comments on these proposed regulations. The electronic care coordination regulation, which was released at the same time as these CMS updates, has the potential to hold payers more accountable for providing access to great patient care.

Policy has a huge impact on business in healthcare IT, but not all regulations or proposed rules have clear downstream effects. If you have ever been to the doctor and then tried to use your X-rays or tests or blood work with another provider only to find yourself paying for...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, CMS, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, Medicare, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Technology
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