CMS finalized changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for hospitals demonstrating meaningful use of certified EHRs in the 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final ...

In a newly proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is changing prior authorization standards to speed up the time it takes for payers to approve the requests and is implementing ...

Medicare payments could soon be on the line for hospitals and doctor’s offices found blocking the free electronic flow of health information. That’s if a new rule proposed by the HHS on Monday is ...

Amy Webb shares a brief overview of the NHSN AUR Module, describe the data reported and the mechanism for reporting, outline the steps for meeting the AUR Measure within the CMS Promoting ...

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 ...

The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented and rapid pace of federal policy making intended to achieve interoperability of core electronic health record (EHR) data. This movement began in 2009 ...

CMS is asking its stakeholders to submit potential measures to include in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program. Measure proposals are due June 29 for inclusion in calendar year 2019 ...

Healthcare providers who engage in information blocking could be on the hook for significant financial penalties, if proposed rules published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this ...