CMS to Gauge Readiness of Agencies to Accept Data

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comment on its proposal to survey public health agencies to determine their readiness to accept electronic reports from health-care providers and hospitals, the agency said in a notice published May 16 in the Federal Register (79 Fed. Reg. 28,523).

Under the proposal the CMS would gauge the readiness of the nation’s public health agencies and public health registries to receive electronic data associated with the Stage 2 meaningful use public health objectives. In Stage 2, providers and hospitals must electronically submit certain patient health data to their respective ...