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
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)
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
2021
- CMS Patient Access final rule policies become effective
- CMS heeds stakeholder feedback and delays enforcement of Payer-to-Payer data exchange requirements
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- CMS publishes Reducing Provider and Patient Burden by Improving Prior Authorization Processes proposed rule (withdrawn)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)
2019
- Meaningful Use becomes Promoting Interoperability Programs
2018
- CMS launches Blue Button 2.0
2009
- Congress passes Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act; establishes EHR Incentive Program ("Meaningful Use")
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