Federal Interoperability

Federal Interoperability

Federal Interoperability

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with its federal partners works to improve timely and accurate data exchange, partner with industry to enhance digital capabilities, advance adoption of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR), support enterprise transformation efforts that increase the Agency’s technological capabilities, and promote interoperability.


Key Federal Government Interoperability Milestones

Key Interoperability Milestones 2023

2023

  • The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Recognized Coordinating Entity begins onboarding the first Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under the Trusted Exchange Framework & Common Agreement (TEFCA)

Key Interoperability Milestones 2022

2022

  • ONC Cures Act final rule policies become effective
  • ONC releases a Request For Information (RFI) on electronic prior authorization in ONC certification
  • CMS releases Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes proposed rule
  • CMS releases RFI on establishing National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services
  • ONC releases TEFCA version 1.0

Key Interoperability Milestones 2021

2021

  • CMS Patient Access final rule policies become effective
  • CMS heeds stakeholder feedback and delays enforcement of Payer-to-Payer data exchange requirements

Key Interoperability Milestones 2020

2020

  • CMS publishes Interoperability and Patient Access final rule
  • ONC publishes 21st Century Cures Act final rule
  • CMS publishes Reducing Provider and Patient Burden by Improving Prior Authorization Processes proposed rule (withdrawn)
  • CMS commits to transitioning to digital quality measures (dQMs)

Key Interoperability Milestones 2019

2019

  • Meaningful Use becomes Promoting Interoperability Programs

Key Interoperability Milestones 2018

2018

  • CMS launches Blue Button 2.0

Key Interoperability Milestones 2009

2009

  • Congress passes Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act; establishes EHR Incentive Program ("Meaningful Use")

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