Burden Reduction

Office of Burden Reduction & Health Informatics

OBRHI helps improve patients’ lives by optimizing the delivery of healthcare. We work to reduce healthcare administrative burden and advance interoperability and national standards. We engage with patients and organizations from across the healthcare community to understand their experiences, inform solutions, and infuse a customer-focused mindset throughout CMS.

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OBRHI focus areas: Stakeholder Engagement, Human-Centered Design, Health Informatics, Administrative Simplification, Fostering Innovation, Regulatory Analytics
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Register for the 2024 CMS Optimizing Healthcare Delivery to Improve Patient Lives Conference

This free, virtual conference convenes change makers from the healthcare community and federal government to share innovative ideas, lessons learned, and best practices that strengthen patient healthcare delivery and access to high quality care, by reducing the administrative burdens that impact patients and the healthcare workforce.

Stakeholder Engagement

OBRHI engages with the public through diverse channels and uses human-centered design processes to seek insights and ensure those perspectives are reflected in CMS policy and operations.

Health Informatics & Interoperability

We aim to make health care data flow more freely and securely among payers, providers, and patients by laying the foundation to foster a more connected health care system.

Administrative Simplification

OBRHI aims to reduce paperwork and administrative burden by adopting and enforcing uniform standards for electronic healthcare transactions.

Latest OBRHI News & Updates

CMS Announces Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Directory Pilot

As part of its ongoing work to improve access to care, reduce clinician burden, and support interoperability throughout the health sector. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is partnering with the state of Oklahoma on a first-of-its-kind directory pilot that will help inform the design and feasibility of any future efforts toward a National Directory of Healthcare (NDH).

CMS Finalizes Rule to Expand Access to Health Information and Improve the Prior Authorization Process

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to increasing health data exchange and strengthening access to care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F) in January.

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