HIMSS June 3, 2019
On June 3, HIMSS submitted its public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges and Health Care Providers. HIMSS utilized its membership’s expertise to offer feedback on potential ways to improve access to, and the quality of, information that Americans need to make better-informed healthcare decisions, including data about health care prices and outcomes, while minimizing reporting burdens on affected plans, health care providers, or payers.
HIMSS supports CMS’s focus in this rule on interoperability and patient access to data through...