Stakeholders Seek More Time To Analyze Health IT Rules, CMS Resists

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) praised proposed rules from CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on interoperability, but questioned whether the rules may be pushing too fast after a number of groups have sought more time to comment -- a request CMS does not intend to grant, according to the agency. But ONC told Inside Health Policy it is still reviewing those requests for more time and has yet to respond to...