{"id":19871,"date":"2020-03-16T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=19871"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:56:05","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/health-data-news-roundup-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: CMS Final Interoperability Rule; Payer Technology Partnerships; and Humana SDOH News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/hhs-finalizes-historic-rules-provide-patients-more-control-their-health-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CMS Releases Finalized Rule on Interoperability<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLast week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/hhs-finalizes-historic-rules-provide-patients-more-control-their-health-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finalized two transformative rules<\/a> that will give patients unprecedented safe, secure access to their health data.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/onc-interoperability-final-rule-clarifies-information-blocking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ONC Interoperability Final Rule Clarifies Information Blocking<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nUnder the ONC interoperability rule, it will not be considered information blocking if an \u201cactor\u201d is protecting the patient\u2019s safety or privacy, according to this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/onc-interoperability-final-rule-clarifies-information-blocking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>EHR Intelligence<\/em><\/a> article.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/onc-interoperability-rule-garners-mixed-reviews-from-stakeholders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ONC Interoperability Rule Garners Mixed Reviews from Stakeholders<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing a highly debated few months during the proposal phase, stakeholders and EHR vendors <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/onc-interoperability-rule-garners-mixed-reviews-from-stakeholders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released statements<\/a> that were both for and against the ONC interoperability rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/volatility-drives-payer-technological-innovation-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volatility Drives Payer Technological Innovation, Partnerships<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/volatility-drives-payer-technological-innovation-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new report<\/a> has discovered that healthcare payer technological innovations and partnerships often thrive under change and urgency, providing a much-needed sliver of hope during a tumultuous time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/humana-launches-value-based-program-aimed-at-social-determinants-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Humana Launches Value-Based Program Aimed at the Social Determinants of Health<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHumana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/humana-launches-value-based-program-aimed-at-social-determinants-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently announced<\/a> that it&#8217;s launching a new value-based care model to support providers in identifying and addressing several social concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/using-member-engagement-to-create-personalized-payer-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using Member Engagement to Create Personalized Payer Experience<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPayers are <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/using-member-engagement-to-create-personalized-payer-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">using a wide variety<\/a> of technologies to increase personalization in their product offerings across distinct populations of consumers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/researchers-recommend-travel-history-to-be-implemented-into-ehr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researchers Recommend Travel History to be Implemented into EHR<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing the recent spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, travel history information should be integrated into EHRs, <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/researchers-recommend-travel-history-to-be-implemented-into-ehr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to infectious disease specialists writing in the <em>Annals of Internal Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Don\u2019t miss out on the opportunity to maximize your data for the best performance outcomes!<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/HealthDataConfidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take the DCI Survey<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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. CMS Releases Finalized Rule on Interoperability Last week, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19873,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871\/revisions\/19873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}