HealthIT Answers July 26, 2023
By Alex Mugge and Kyle Cobb, ONC
Twitter: @ONC_HealthIT
An interoperable U.S. healthcare system depends on collaboration across diverse groups inside and outside of government, working in a complex environment toward a common goal. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) play different but complementary roles to advance health data interoperability. ONC and CMS each lead regulatory and programmatic efforts to evolve the interoperability landscape, collaborating closely with each other and industry groups – payers, providers, developers, standards organizations, and patient advocates – along the way. Through the ONC Health IT Certification Program and several CMS regulatory policies, we work together to address key challenges and gaps to create...