Health Information Compliance Alert

In addition to Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program changes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid also lists a number of other changes intended to improve digital healthcare, according to the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule.

CMS aims to modernize healthcare — and wants your feedback. According to the rule, the agency put out a request for information (RFI) on a variety of proposed digitally-inspired changes including:

• Quality measures’ definitions;
• Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR^®) for current eCQMs;
• Quality measures’ data standardization for collection via FHIR-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs);
• More technology input to improve quality care; and
• Improved data aggregation and digital policy alignment with other CMS and federal agencies/programs.

You can submit come through June 28 at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-05-10/pdf/2021-08888.pdf.