Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

This article is the second in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. More regulatory churn is coming to shake up e-prescribing, this time with new data standards to step up clinical decision support at the point of care. The latest policy update from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adds key provisions to the December 2022 proposed rule requiring adoption of a new NCPDP SCRIPT standard version. In the lead-up to a final rule, CMS is giving the industry impetus and edict to accelerate a new era in medication management. Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) final HTI-1 rule will bring major compliance hoops for EHR developers to jump through as they carry the next stage of interoperability forward. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule, read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series. For anyone counting, those are two major regulatory rules from CMS and ONC. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. Each standard opens new possibilities but brings its own set of quirks and challenges. With more regulation still to come and as adoption deadlines begin stacking up, the path to compliance can stretch into what will feel for some EHRs like a never-ending journey ...
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