EHR Intelligence June 2, 2017

Health IT Now is critical of ONC’s work to improve interoperability and reduce regulatory burden through health IT certification.

A coalition of organizations representing patients, payers, providers, and health IT developers is calling on HHS to review and limit the regulatory powers of ONC pursuant to provisions of MACRA and the 21st Century Cures Act.

In a recent letter to Secretary Tom Price, MD, Health IT Now made recommendations to the federal agency, a majority of which focus on reducing or redirecting the responsibilities of ONC related to promoting interoperability, preventing information blocking, and certifying health IT systems.

The coalition — which includes Aetna, athenahealth, McKesson, and Oracle — is largely critical of the ONC’s regulatory actions over the...

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Topics: CMS, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, MACRA, Medicare, Physician, Primary care, Provider
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