The long-awaited rules on data access have been published this morning from two key parts of the US Department of Health & Human Services. I’ll expand this post with more links as we digest what’s been offered and will unfold in the coming week.
Screen capture from the ONC rule’s fact sheet
The ONC rule
- Gateway page with summary and links
- Full text of the ONC 21st Century Cures Act final rule
The CMS rule
- Summary: Interoperability and Patient Access Fact Sheet
- Full text (with many links) of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule
- A point vital to SPM’s pursuit of patient data access: APIs – “requires CMS-regulated payers … to implement and maintain a secure, standards-based Patient Access API (using FHIR 4.0.1 that allows patients to easily access their claims and encounter information, including cost, as well as a defined sub-set of their clinical information through third-party applications of their choice.”
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