Transitioning from USCDI version 1 to version 3
In April of 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) released another proposed update to the 21st Cures Act that established not only new conditions and requirements for certified health IT under the ONC’s Health IT Certification Program but also updated certain existing certification criteria, and more notably for the […]
ONC proposes updates to Health IT Certification Program
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator (“ONC”) for Health Information Technology released a proposed rule on April 12, 2023. The proposed provisions under the rule can be broken up into two categories: (1) updates to the Health IT certification standards required under the ONC Certification Program and […]
Understanding the New CMS Proposed Ruling and the Importance of Interoperability
On December 6th, 2022, CMS released a proposed Federal Rule that introduced two new interoperability measures and expanded the scope of the Patient Access requirements and completely overhauled the existing Payer to Payer requirements. While the regulation is still currently in proposal, the core themes can be summarized simply as more FHIR®, more eligible data […]