Promoting interoperability: What hospitals are saying about the new CMS rule revamping meaningful use

Healthcare Finance News April 25, 2018
Susan Morse

The industry appears less excited about stipulations concerning price transparency and patient access to EHR data.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late Tuesday announced substantive changes to the meaningful use program and while hospitals appreciate one of them, two others are drawing less enthusiasm.

Specifically, CMS is aiming to reduce regulatory burdens on clinicians and hospitals, but the agency is also proposing that be equip themselves, technologically and policy-wise, to grant patients access to their data in EHRs and post pricing for care services in a way consumers can understand.

Let’s take a look at how experts have reacted so far.

First, what hospitals like

The new rule is designed to reduce regulatory burden on hospitals. No surprise,...

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