CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...

The proposed rule could amplify the meaningful progress made by healthcare technology innovators and provide a more comprehensive framework.

National standards for electronic claims attachments are intended to reduce administrative burden, shorten adjudication delays, and improve reimbursement timeliness versus fax- and mail-based ...

IS BLUE BUTTON A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION FOR INTEROPERABILITY? While the health IT world rumbles with complaint about the tangled lack of interoperability in the health care world, and Congress authorizes ...

CMS has proposed extending its interoperability and prior authorization requirements to include prescription drugs, aiming to speed approvals, improve transparency, and standardize processes across ...