ONC advisory committee finalizes interoperability rule recommendations

The Health IT Advisory Committee finalized its recommendations for the hotly debated interoperability rule, which has far-reaching implications for the healthcare industry as it struggles to meet patient and regulatory demands for seamless data sharing.

HITAC, created under the 21st Century Cures Act to advise the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, voted Wednesday to recommend a two-tier payment system to help health IT vendors recoup costs associated with making their systems interoperable, finalizing a discussion that was tabled last week.