Tag: Interoperability
The Data Element Library (DEL) collects all relevant information for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid assessment instrument data elements and the association health IT standards. The DEL posted new updates:
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released another episode of its podcast, Episode 4: A Throwback to the 2019 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference. This episode highlights parts of Admini...
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Annual Call for Measures and Activities is open. The process allows clinicians, professional associations and medical societies that represent clinicians, researchers, consumer groups and others to iden...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) held site visits and interviews at six accountable care organizations (ACOs) – four participating in the Next Generation ACO model and two in the Medicare Shared Savings Program – to evaluate how ACOs are usi...
As required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) recently released a report on the use of electronic records by office-based physicians. Overall the report found that interoperabili...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2020 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2020 performance period for Elig...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that all eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) use 2015 edition certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to meet the requirements of the Promoting Interopera...
CMS opened the submission period for Promoting Interoperability measures and Improvement Activities for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Annual Call for Measures and Activities process allows clinicians, profe...
The Department of Health and Human Services extended the comment period for two proposed interoperability rules to June 3, a 30-day extension from the original May 3 deadline. Many industry and stakeholder groups had requested the extension due to th...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Annual Call for Measures for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is now open. The deadline to submit a measure proposal...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Annual Call for Measures for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is now open. Submit a measure proposal by June 28, 201...
On March 19, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a call from 1:30 to 3 pm ET on the recently released CMS Data Element Library (DEL). The DEL is a database of post-acute care patient assessment content mapped to natio...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uploaded new resources to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library:
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On March 5, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a listening session on the Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule. This proposed rule outlines opportunities to make patient data more useful and transferable...
On February 11, 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a proposed rule to implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, including conditions and maintenance of certification require...
On August 17, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Pay...
On April 7, 2016 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released a Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Assessing Interoperability for MACRA. Comments are due on June 3, 2016. CMS uses the RFI process to help inform the d...
