The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 2026 rule extending electronic prior authorization and interoperability API requirements to cover drugs in addition to non-drug services.

The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability rule, or HTI-2, doesn’t feature a number of provisions included in the ...

A large portion of payers and providers have not started or are partially through implementing CMS API requirements, with compliance due by January 1, 2027. Key challenges include funding, developing ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has assembled a cross-functional team to help ensure the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system is prepared to comply with HHS’ new interoperability rules Nov. 1.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), has released a ...

Healthcare and technology groups want Medicare Advantage plans included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule to expand access to health information and improve the prior ...

Hospitals and health systems that use Epic are more in favor of HHS’ proposed information blocking rule than any other organizations that use other vendors, according to a Reaction Data report. For ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 2026 rule extending electronic prior authorization requirements to prescription drugs. The plan would mandate faster decision ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), has released a ...