“HIMSS has published its comments – sent separately to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – on their respective proposed rules on interoperability, patient access to health data and information blocking.”
“HIMSS, the parent organization of Healthcare IT News, says it supports the aims of both agencies’ regulations, but has concerns about some specific aspects of each.”
“For instance, in 74 pages of comments sent to ONC, the group said it agrees with the information blocking exceptions carved out for certain stakeholders in the rule, and said that by establishing appropriate “boundaries and expectations” they’ll enable more widespread information exchange…”
“In a separate eight-page letter sent to CMS Administrator Seema Verma about that set of rules, HIMSS expressed support for proposals to require open API use for Medicare Advantage organizations, state Medicaid and CHIP fee-for-service programs, managed care plans and others on the federally-facilitated exchanges…”
“But HIMSS also cautioned that CMS should slow the timeline for the requirement that private payers participate in trust exchange networks for more widespread interoperability.” Read the full article here.
Source: HIMSS to ONC and CMS: Open APIs key enablers for innovation, competition – By Mike Miliard, June 4, 2019. Healthcare IT News.
