HealthExec March 11, 2020
Amy Baxter

A set of new rules that aim to improve the interoperability of healthcare records and set a string of new requirements on healthcare providers was met with mixed reactions across the industry.

The two rules, from the Office of National Coordinator (ONC) and HHS, require healthcare providers to offer patients free, digital access to their healthcare records by 2021. This will be conducted through application program interfaces (APIs). All Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Affordable Care Act health plans will also have to share health data with patients through APIs.

Payers are also required to make provider directories publicly available by 2021, while hospitals and health systems are required to electronically notify healthcare providers about a patient’s admission, discharge or transfer...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, CMS, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, Provider, Regulations, Technology
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