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 ...
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 ...
On 17 January 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule outlining new interoperability and prior authorization requirements for certain payors (Final Rule). 1 With ...
Two healthcare provider groups, the American Hospital Association and the Medical Group Management Association, have both responded critically to the Department of Health and Human Services' ...
Providers face monetary disincentives for violating information blocking, under a proposed rule released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. The proposed rule, with 60-day comment ...
As part of its ongoing mission to modernize and improve the interoperability of the health care system, on January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the CMS ...