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HL7's fourth normative ballot of FHIR R6 is the consensus gate that will define the stable, binding specification healthcare-IT teams must eventually certify against. HL7 International has opened an out-of-cycle Normative ballot for FHIR Release 6 (v6.0.0-ballot4), with voting and comments...
Common Agreement Version 2 marks TEFCA's most significant structural upgrade yet, embedding FHIR API exchange, a permanent QHIN-led Governing Council, and new trust and accountability rules directly into the national interoperability framework. The Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for TEFCA...
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement has crossed a major adoption threshold, signaling that the national interoperability network is moving from pilot to production scale. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced that TEFCA — the...
The Senate's vote to preserve WISeR clears a key political hurdle for CMS's first AI-driven prior authorization model in fee-for-service Medicare. Democratic lawmakers in both the Senate and House introduced Congressional Review Act-style resolutions in May seeking to overturn the CMS WISeR...
The sweeping annual PFS proposed rule touches Medicare payment rates, the Promoting Interoperability Program, Quality Payment Program, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and new IRA drug-rebate codifications — with a September 14 comment deadline. CMS published its CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule...
The second draft of the USCDI+ Quality data standard is open for stakeholder comment until July 17, 2026 — a key opportunity to shape the data element requirements underpinning future eCQMs. ONC published USCDI+ Quality Draft Version 2 on June 17, 2026, and is accepting public comments through...
By embedding structured clinical terminology directly into CPT codes, AMA aims to accelerate electronic prior authorization and cut administrative burden at the point of care. The American Medical Association has launched a new interoperability initiative focused on mapping structured clinical...
A working viewer for International Patient Summary documents highlights both the maturity of the IPS spec and the remaining UX friction teams face when rendering FHIR-native clinical summaries. The International Patient Summary (IPS) Implementation Guide defines a standardized, minimal set of key...
NCQA is soliciting feedback on retiring select HEDIS measures it deems low-value relative to reporting burden — a rare mid-cycle comment window that could reshape quality reporting obligations for health plans and providers. NCQA has announced a short, ad-hoc public comment window — August 3–17,...
Industry veteran Paul Wilder argues that the interoperability ecosystem is showing early signs of eroding participant trust — and that the next phase of data exchange will depend on fixing that foundation. Writing in MedCity News, Paul L.