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Hospitals may apply for Medicare EHR program hardship exception

Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that did not qualify as meaningful users of certified electronic health record technology for the 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program may apply for a hardship exception to avoid the associated payment penalty.

Senate hearing focuses on interoperability, electronic health information exchange

The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held part two of a hearing examining how to improve interoperability in health care, define information blocking, and improve patient access to care as part of implementing the 21st Century Cures Act.  

Senate holds hearing on 'achieving the promise' of health IT

The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee held a

ONC: More hospitals able to exchange patient data with outside providers 

Four in 10 acute care hospitals could electronically send, receive, find and integrate patient health information from outside providers or sources in 2017, up from three in 10 in 2016, according to a report released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

WEDI Spring Conference to highlight health IT best practices, trends

WEDI, a public-private coalition of health information technology stakeholders including the AHA, will host its 2019 Spring Conference May 20-22 in San Diego.

CMS issues factsheets on 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued factsheets on changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for calendar year 2019.
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Advisory: CMS and ONC Proposed Rules on Patient Access, Interoperability, Information Blocking and Certification

On March 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published proposed rules that would promote patient

Agencies urged to extend comment period for interoperability rules 

AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the May
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AHA to CMS, ONC Regarding Proposed Rules Related to Interoperability

AHA letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rules related to interoperability published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019.