08/2/24

HHS Expands and Reorganizes the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)

HHS is embracing IT in healthcare and expanding and reorganizing ONC to reflect that.

07/30/24

Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Draft Framework for Responsible Health AI

CHAI released a draft framework to help explain what everyone should be considering when selecting, developing, or using health AI tools.

07/16/24

HHS Finalizes Rule to Disincentivize Providers from Information Blocking

Clinicians and hospitals who engage in illegal ‘information blocking’ will be subject to penalties as HHS enforces its mandate to allow access to patient health records.

07/16/24

CY 2025 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule

CMS proposed its 2025 payment rates for physicians participating in Medicare, along with several new payment policies.

07/16/24

CMS to Recalculate All Medicare Advantage Plan Star Ratings

CMS announced that all Medicare Advantage plans will have their Star Ratings for 2024 recalculated after SCAN Health Plan and Elevance Health successfully argued in court that HHS’ methodologies was flawed.

07/15/24

HTI-2 Proposed Rule: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability

ONC released a proposal for its second HTI rule, including provisions for updated certification criteria that would support CMS’ prior authorization final rule.

07/2/24

CMS FAQs for New Hospital Price Transparency Requirements

CMS published FAQs ahead of the deadline for new hospital price transparency requirements designed to make price transparency data better.

07/2/24

CMS’ 2023 – 2032 National Health Expenditure Report

Healthcare spending growth in the U.S. is expected to grow due to the high insured rate, reaching 19.7% of the GDP by 2032.

06/27/24

Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (Reintroduced by Congress)

Congress reintroduced bipartisan legislation to streamline prior authorization processes in Medicare Advantage.

06/27/24

Avalon’s 2024 Lab Trend Report

Avalon Healthcare Solutions, a company that provides health plans with data and insights about lab testing, released its annual Lab Trend Report.