CMS issues guidance on MIPS information blocking component

Editor's Note

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new guidance designed to offer clarity on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System’s (MIPS) data blocking component, the October 30 Healthcare Informatics reports.

The guidance outlines how MIPS-eligible clinicians can show they are fulfilling the information blocking requirement, which includes three statements about their use and implementation of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The statements are referred to as the “Prevention of Information Blocking Attestation.”

In its release of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) final rule, CMS reiterated its position on information blocking, saying participating providers and hospitals are required to show they have not “knowingly and willfully limited or restricted the compatibility or interoperability of their EHR technology.”

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released new guidance on the information blocking portion of MIPS (the Merit-based Incentive Payment System).

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