“Dive Brief:
Two top health regulators defended the administration’s implementation of the data blocking and interoperability provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act in front of the Senate HELP committee Tuesday.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT head Don Rucker and CMS Chief Medical Officer Kate Goodrich faced a slew of questions from senators on both sides of the aisle over the patient privacy provisions and the fast pace of the regulations, which would require insurers be able to digitally and at no cost share a patient’s personal health information with them by Jan. 1…”
“Dive Insight:
The hearing is the second in recent months in front of the Senate HELP committee over implementation of Cures. Four industry stakeholders appeared in front of the committee late March to go over their major concerns with the two CMS and ONC rules — mainly, the timeline…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS officials defend interoperability rules to Senate critics – By Rebecca Pifer, May 7, 2019. Healthcare Dive.
