AHIMA October 5, 2020
November 2 marks a transformative day in healthcare data exchange. Here’s what health information professionals need to know.
November 2 is compliance day for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rules on interoperability and information blocking
The ONC’s 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program and CMS’ Interoperability and Patient Access final rules will impact virtually every healthcare organization with access to electronic health information (EHI) and empower patients and caregivers with greater access to and control over their health information.
Starting with information blocking, this article will focus on the structure of the final rules, which stakeholders...