“The United States QHIN (USQHIN) has launched a payer advisory workgroup (PAW) to guide the National ADT Hub Network (NAHN) in the creation of a national interoperability infrastructure for admission, discharge, transfer (ADT) messaging. The workgroup will ideally support compliance with the CMS interoperability rule.”
“As a sub-group of the NAHN, the PAW will gather ongoing input from national health payers regarding the creation of a national ADT messaging infrastructure.”
“’USQHIN is fostering important conversations around healthcare, addressing the issues facing the industry at large and dedicated to convening solutions,’ Doug Dietzman, executive vice president of USQHIN, said in a press release.”
“’The NAHN brings health information exchange (HIE) organizations and ADT service providers across the country together to make ADT data ubiquitous, while increasing the quality of the data being exchanged,’ Dietzman continued.”
“The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule requires provider organizations to demonstrate that their EHR system can send patient event notifications to all applicable post-acute care providers through the ADT messaging standard. This includes primary care practitioners and groups, and other practitioners and groups identified by the patient as primarily responsible for her care.”
“These notifications aim to promote care coordination by keeping a patient’s care team updated about care events for appropriate follow-up. ADT alerts are also expected to reduce readmissions, improve provider-to-provider communication, boost post-discharge transitions, and support patients with multiple conditions.”
“However, industry stakeholders have noted that while the final rule outlines expected ADT message transfer specifications, it doesn’t clearly describe how healthcare organizations are going to connect to send and receive the messages…” Read the full article here.
Source: Payers Convene for CMS Interoperability Rule, ADT Infrastructure – By Hannah Nelson, August 6, 2021. EHR Intelligence.
