Senate HELP Hearing on the CMS and ONC Proposed Rules, Interoperability, Patient Access to Data, and Physician Burden
On March 26, 2019, witnesses testified in front of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) proposed rules, as well as the underlying challenges of interoperability, patient access to data, and physician burden. […]
A new conservative health reform proposal
Lately, we’ve heard lots from the political left on health reform. There is a myriad of so-called “Medicare-for-All” or “Medicare-for-More”, as well as Medicare and Medicaid buy-in proposals. Some states are even considering and advancing their own health reform, including Medicaid buy-in. Furthermore, in the center, there has been some bipartisan consensus, particularly in […]
What do states need to know from the CMS and ONC NPRMs?
In two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) have shown a commitment to two major issues: increased portability of patient data and decreased reporting requirements for providers. These two issues are as deeply intertwined with each other […]
Policy Briefing: Health IT-related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking from CMS and ONC
On February 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT both released closely related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). CMS also announced two Requests for Information (RFI). The policymaking purpose of these efforts is […]
