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 ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (Final Rule) on Jan. 17, 2024. The Final Rule continues CMS' efforts to encourage ...
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a final rule on information blocking. The rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices they know are ...
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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule on Wednesday. CMS said the rule will improve the prior authorization process and save ...
In this article, we will provide an overview of how MIPS Value Pathways are structured and scored, summarize results from the first year of reporting in 2023, and discuss early lessons and likely ...