The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule Thursday aimed at improving the electronic exchange of healthcare data among payers, providers and patients. The rule would ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, today finalized its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ...

Healthcare leaders have begun to digest the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's recently proposed HTI-2 interoperability rule, and many have offered their reaction to its various ...

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Jan. 4 released new resources and guidelines for requirements related to its upcoming information-blocking rules. Last March, HHS finalized ...

Building on the technological foundation of the May 2020 CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (85 FR 25510), these API policies will improve patient, provider, and payer access to ...

Many payers, providers unprepared for interoperability and prior authorization rule, WEDI finds Starting Jan. 1, 2026, payers must send prior authorization decisions within 7 days and expedited ...

In December 2024, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ASTP/ONC”) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

With the updated criterion, certified EHRs will now help providers speed up care and reduce admin burden, according to ASTP. (boonstudio/GettyImages) The health IT ...

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As Eden Avraham-Katz, Vice President, Legal and Compliance at 1upHealth explains in this podcast, the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule helps standardize how health plans and payers ...