MedCity News March 6, 2023
A webinar sponsored by Intelligent Medical Objects March 16 will explore how payers are meeting the needs of the 2016 21st Century Cures Act when it comes to providing unfettered access to structured medical data for members.
Although it was signed into law in 2016, portions of the 21st Century Cures Act, the provisions designed to support interoperability continue created the need for new rules by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT.
The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Rule and ONC Interoperability Rule were finalized in May 2020. Although Covid-19 delayed enforcement, that’s about to change.
One requirement that both payer systems and electronic health records (EHRs) must be capable...