“On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the fiscal year 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The IPPS Proposed Rule contained a number of changes to payment rates and policies for hospitals, including significant modifications to the Promoting Interoperability Program requirements.”
“The IPPS Proposed Rule would require hospitals to report on all four measures under the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective, rather than the previous pick-and-choose option. Specifically, hospitals would have to report on Syndromic Surveillance Reporting, Immunization Registry Reporting, Electronic Case Reporting and Electronic Reportable Laboratory Result Reporting. CMS explained that requiring reporting on all four measures ‘would enable nationwide syndromic surveillance for early warning of emerging outbreaks and threats; automated case and laboratory reporting for fast public health response; and local and national visibility on immunization uptake so [public health agencies] can tailor vaccine distribution strategies…'” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS proposes changes to Promoting Interoperability program in IPPS Rule – By Jennifer Nelson Carney and Joshua M. Gilbert, May 11, 2021. Bricker & Eckler.
