Member Newsletter

April 21, 2022

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Overview of Federal Updates

Today's update includes:

HHS Extends PHE for Additional 90 Days
NSA Payer-Provider IDR Portal Now Open
CMS Releases SNF PPS Proposed Rule
ONC Announces 100% of HIT Developers Submit to Real World Testing
CISA Issues Guidance on Cyber Incident Sharing
FDA Releases Premarket Guidance on Medical Devices & Cybersecurity
CMS to Host Rural Health Webinar
CMS OIT Update Webinar April 20
President Biden Announces government-wide equity action plans
Administration Seeks to Address Medical Debt Issues

Download the Federal Update curated by WEDI Federal Affairs staff

The Quest to Improve Security, Privacy of Third-Party Health Apps

WEDI and the Confidentiality Coalition proposed recommendations for improving the transparency, security, and privacy of third-party health apps with access to PHI.

CDC Unveils Forecasting, Outbreak Analytics Center

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), which aims to improve outbreak and public health threat response by using infectious disease modeling and analytics to enable timely, effective decision making by leaders at federal, state, and local levels. CFA is working to build an outbreak analytics team consisting of experts across multiple disciplines to improve development of data for trend prediction and emergency decision-making guidance. CFA is also onboarding communication experts to aid information sharing across public health partners and the public.

Learn more about the CFA

This month's Emerging Technology Subworkgroup meeting featured Ryan Howells, Principal at Leavitt Partners. Ryan provided an update and answered questions about CARIN’s Digital Identity work and how it will benefit patient matching. Watch the recorded meeting on the WEDI YouTube channel.

MIPS Value Pathways: The Future of MIPS

This video provides an overview of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), a participation framework designed to reduce complexity, remove clinician burden, and foster a cohesive participation experience – enabling clinicians to prioritize high quality patient care. Beginning with the 2023 performance period of the Quality Payment Program, eligible clinicians can participate in MVPs relevant to their specialty practices, while reporting on fewer siloed quality measures and improvement activities. Learn more about MVPs and how you can participate in them on the QPP website at qpp.cms.gov.

Provider Directories; Solving for the No Surprises Act, Sponsored by InterSystems

Free for Members & Non-Members

The No Surprises Act (part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) included new requirements regarding provider directories, with rule-making expected later this year to operationalize these statutory provisions. Sponsored by InterSystems, this FREE virtual event will feature experts representing patients, payers, providers, and vendors outlining the current provider directory environment, reviewing the legislative mandates, and discussing how best to implement the requirements in the No Surprises Act.