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New federal oversight measures — including third-party audits of TEFCA participants — signal ONC is shifting from network-building to network-accountability mode. ONC has announced a package of oversight measures designed to strengthen governance of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common...
The proposed rule touches nearly every lever of home health reimbursement — rates, behavior adjustment, case-mix weights, LUPA thresholds, and quality program alignment — while opening an RFI on a home-health-specific wage index. CMS published its CY 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System...
After receiving more than 7,000 comments on its December 2025 AI Request for Information, HHS is translating public feedback into concrete governance, implementation, and regulatory actions across its agencies. HHS convened a webinar in late June 2026 to share early findings from its December...
The National Coordinator has approved the 2026 Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) standards, allowing certified health IT developers to adopt newer versions of key interoperability standards without waiting for a full rulemaking cycle. ONC has announced the standards approved through...
New operational guidance helps providers, payers, and developers implement machine-readable consent in health data exchange workflows — a long-standing friction point for nationwide interoperability. The Sequoia Project released new guidance on June 30, 2026 designed to help healthcare...
Brendan Keeler's holiday-week roundup covers TEFCA's new oversight posture, a rumored information-blocking action against Epic, and the state of interoperability heading into summer 2026. In his Fourth of July edition, Keeler surveys the interoperability landscape with characteristic irreverence.
The federal health IT advisory committee's latest session signals where ONC's policy attention is focused heading into the second half of 2026. The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) convened on May 7, 2026, to examine three intersecting themes: healthcare affordability,...