HHS proposes free patient access to electronic health data: 7 notes

Becker's Healthcare February 11, 2019
Julie Spitzer

HHS has proposed giving patients access to their electronic health information at no cost.

Seven things to know:

1. The rules, issued by CMS and ONC, support the MyHealthEData initiative and 21st Century Cures Act.

2. CMS proposed “requirements that Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare Advantage plans and Qualified Health Plans in the federally facilitated exchanges provide enrollees with immediate electronic access to medical claims and other health information electronically by 2020.”

3. CMS proposed these healthcare providers and plans implement open data-sharing technologies to better support patient care transitions.

4. CMS’ rule would also require providers or hospitals that participate in “information-blocking” — roughly defined as “practices that unreasonably limit the availability, disclosure, and use of electronic...

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