OMB Meets With Stakeholders To Discuss Pending Interoperability Rules

The White House Office of Management and Budget has been meeting with industry stakeholders the past several weeks as it reviews the final interoperability rules drafted by the National Coordinator for Health IT and CMS last February. OMB began reviewing the CMS rule in late September and the ONC rule in late October. Stakeholders have expressed concerns with aspects of the ONC rule and have said the process to finalize it should be slowed down. Provider groups last year urged...