Fierce Healthcare | CMS’ Data Interoperability Rule Can Spur Innovation for Payers, Experts Say. Here’s How

This week, HHS released final guidance for the second cycle of Medicare drug price negotiations and CMS released the 2026 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters proposed rule.

Jane Lucas, Elinor Hiller, and Sean Sullivan share their impressions from the HIMSS Conference, discuss the intersection of federal policy and health technology, share insights from CMS conference presentations, and highlight top lines from a brand-new Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed rule.

Elinor Hiller and Sean Sullivan discuss what the 21st Century Cures Act will bring to CMS’s interoperability rule and what payers can expect from new API requirements.

This week, the Biden Administration announced increased COVID-19 vaccine supplies and launched a federal retail pharmacy vaccination program.