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.

New CMS Data Interoperability Rule Takes Effect July 1

On July 1, a final rule by the CMS takes effect, and aims to continue, as CMS says, “to build on its roadmap to improve interoperability and health information access for patients, providers, and payers.”

ONC Coordinators Share Lessons Learned, Including Listening More

Lock-in of all sorts, ranging from the geographic lock-in of hospital consolidation to the vendor lock-in of electronic health records, was on the minds of former national coordinators of health IT during a recent panel at the virtual CHIME21 Summer Forum.

Delegates Call AMA to Advocate for Provider Info-Blocking Flexibility

Delegates at the June 2021 Special Meeting of the AMA Delegates called for changes to the ONC information-blocking regulations that would allow providers the discretion to withhold patient data sharing if the knowledge would negatively affect a patient emotionally or mentally.

Premier Nudges CMS to Boost Patient Data Exchange, Interoperability

CMS should establish cross-continuum data standards, automate the prior authorization process, and integrate administrative and clinical data to advance interoperability and improve patient data exchange, Premier healthcare alliance outlined in a recent letter to CMS.

How SDOH Data Interoperability, Standards Advance Health Equity

Social determinants of health data interoperability is key in the pursuit of health equity, according to a new post from ONC’s Health IT Buzz blog.

PA Nursing Homes Providing Prompt Information On Vaccination Status

PA Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam recently commended Pennsylvania skilled nursing facilities (SNF), also known as nursing homes, for their ongoing efforts to report information on the vaccination status of residents and staff.

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