CMS, ONC Gives Stakeholders More Time To Comment On Health IT Rules

CMS reversed course and, along with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, will give stakeholders an additional 30 days to comment on proposed interoperability rules the agencies released in February, pushing the comment deadline back to June 3. The agency and ONC “understand that both rules include a range of issues having major effects on healthcare,” an HHS press release says. “The extension of the public comment deadline will maximize the opportunity for meaningful input and further...