CMS aims to “eliminate” faxing and replace it with universal electronic healthcare claims and documentation exchanges by ...

An agency call to throw out the fax machines is nothing new. In 2018, then CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for an end to ...

ONC’s proposed interoperability rules will require the healthcare industry to adopt standardized application programming interfaces to allow patients to access their medical records via smartphone ...

Most providers say having the majority of their payers support the Prior Authorization API requirements is extremely ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has assembled a cross-functional team to help ensure the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system is prepared to comply with HHS’ new interoperability rules Nov. 1.

The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability rule, or HTI-2, doesn’t feature a number of provisions included in the ...

A large portion of payers and providers have not started or are partially through implementing CMS API requirements, with compliance due by January 1, 2027. Key challenges include funding, developing ...

The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders say will remove red tape and enable faster prior authorization and real-time ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up major federal interoperability initiatives on several fronts.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), has released a ...