Becker's Healthcare February 7, 2020
HHS’ proposed interoperability rules have generated a significant amount of attention ahead of their anticipated finalization this month.
Here is a timeline of Becker’s Hospital Review’s coverage of the proposed rules, which would require the healthcare industry to adopt open data-sharing technologies to help patients more easily access their health information.
Feb. 11, 2019: HHS publishes rules, issued by CMS and ONC, to give patients free access to their electronic health data. The regulations support the MyHealthEData initiative and 21st Century Cures Act. For the rules, CMS proposed requirements that Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare Advantage plans and Qualified Health Plans implement open data-sharing technologies to give enrollees immediate electronic access to their medical claims and other...