Healthcare IT News April 29, 2021
The agency is floating new requirements for hospitals to report on syndromic surveillance, immunization registries, electronic case reporting and electronic reportable laboratory results. It also has new plans for quality reporting.
As part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed rules this week around Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for hospitals and long-term facilities – changes that could boost FY 2022 hospital payments by $2.8% – there are several provisions focused on technology, information exchange and patient access.
WHY IT MATTERS
Most notably, there are a series of proposed changes to CMS’ Promoting Interoperability Program – the successor to meaningful use – designed to bolster the response to public health emergencies such as COVID-19.
The agency plans to...
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