Welcome to the Health Information Exchange Weekly News Round Up from RosettaHealth. Each week, we will provide you with a summary of all the actionable news that hospitals, HIT vendors, ACOs, and population health providers need to be smart and effective when it comes to health information exchange

ONC Releases New Resources for Interoperability Rules: A Timeline of Key Compliance Dates

Last week, the ONC released new resources and guidelines for requirements and deadlines related to its upcoming information-blocking rules.

Pew Urges ONC, CMS to Support APIs to Boost Patient Data Exchange

The Pew Charitable Trusts penned separate letters to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to support patient data exchange through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs).

How Health Systems, EHR Vendors Will Give Patients Unprecedented Access to Their Data

Health systems and EHR vendors have been working for months to comply with the ONC's final rule on interoperability, and here are some of the challenges for achieving compliance.

Payers Push Back on CMS Prior Authorization Rule

Payer groups on recently pushed back on the CMS proposed rule to streamline the prior authorization process, arguing the comment period was unreasonably and perhaps illegally short, the effective dates were unrealistic and the rule heaps further burden on a health system still digesting other regulatory changes while swamped by the coronavirus pandemic.​

UnitedHealth Group Plans to Acquire Change Healthcare in 2021

UnitedHealth Group’s diversified health services company, Optum, and Change Healthcare will combine to simplify healthcare data exchange, lower spending, and streamline payment.

Expanded Patient Medical History Can Improve Clinical Notes

Adding age and patient history can improve clinical notes to support both clinical and transitional research studies, according to a new study.

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