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CMS Releases Proposed Rule Expanding Health Data Interoperability Requirements For Payers

Healthcare IT Today

CMS has released a proposed rule that will require Medicaid managed care plans and other insurers offering products on the ACA Exchanges to support the sharing of patient data amongst themselves.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. This data segmentation hampers the holistic understanding of patient health and impedes timely and coordinated care delivery.

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Health Privacy and Security in the Time of TEFCA: Raising the Bar for Trusted Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

As with many things, there are degrees – and when it comes to health data, you can never be too private or too secure. By creating an on-ramp for the superhighway of nationwide health data exchange, TEFCA makes sure patient records follow the patient wherever they go. million in 2019 to 28.5

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Healthcare IT Today

Rucker points out that the current data exchange standard in health care, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) , is “anchored on 1990s document exchange” and is useful for slow-moving bureaucratic decisions, not providing continuous access to data for improved health care.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, ggplot).

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. The clinical interfaces provide data exchange before, during, and after visits, such as sharing a patient’s health history.