18 May Health Data News Roundup: Trump Seeks to Relax Healthcare AI Safeguards; ONC and TEFCA Transparency: and AI and MSSP ACOs

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

Trump and Kennedy Seek to Relax Safeguards for AI Healthcare Tools
Federal leaders are signaling a more deregulatory approach to healthcare AI as adoption of tools like ambient AI scribes accelerates, raising growing concerns around governance, oversight, documentation accuracy, patient privacy, and risks, according to KFF Health News.

Why Human Review is Key to The Success of AI in Healthcare
As Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming more common in healthcare, keeping a human in the loop to review how AI makes decisions will help reduce bias and improve safety, according to a recent UC Davis Health study.

Q&A: Transparency Remains the Key to TEFCA, Says ONC Chief
As TEFCA continues to expand nationwide health data exchange, ONC leaders say transparency, oversight, and clear governance will remain critical to building trust across providers, payers, public health agencies, and patients, according to Healthcare IT News.

The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI) Announces Updates to Health Data Utility Capability Model
The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of the nation’s largest and most robust nonprofit health data networks, has announced new updates to the Health Data Utility (HDU) Capability Model, according to this press release.

WEDI Launches Testing Directory Ahead of CMS Interoperability Rule Deadline
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) launched a testing directory for organizations to find testing partners for the CMS Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F), according to this press release.

MACPAC Calls for Increased Transparency in Medicaid AI Prior Authorization
An influential group that advises Congress on Medicaid is recommending increasing transparency into artificial intelligence-backed prior authorization and boosting human oversight over automated pre-approvals for care, according to Healthcare Dive.

AI Is Moving Beyond Experimentation: Why MSSP ACOs Need Better Data Infrastructure
As AI adoption accelerates across MSSP ACOs, trusted, real time data infrastructure is becoming essential for APP reporting, quality performance, and operational decision making, according to this recent IMAT blog post.