HIMSS believes that the appropriate use of health information and technology management systems can transform healthcare to save lives, improve outcomes of care and reduce costs.
Key Issues
- ONC Efforts Driving Interoperability
- HIMSS Comments in response to the 2018 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) - October 2018 Request for Feedback
- A Work in Progress: Takeaways from the ONC Interoperability Forum
- CMS Finalizes Changes to Interoperability Initiatives and EHR Incentive Program for Hospitals
- Summary of Key Health IT Provisions in the 21st Century Act
Substance Use Disorders and Public Health
- Opioid Epidemic Resources
- Virtual March on the States: Four Asks to Address the Opioid Crisis
- Leveraging Information and Technology to Mitigate the Opioid Epidemic at the Federal and State Levels
- State-Led Innovations Leveraging Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers
- HIMSS Submits Comment on CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Final Rules
Value-Based Care
- HIMSS Comments on 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
- Reflections on Recent Government Actions in Support of the Shift to Value-Based Care
- HIMSS Responds to CMS Physician Self-Referral Law Request for Information
- CMS Proposes Fundamental Changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization Program
- Advancing the Transformation of Healthcare on Capitol Hill
- HIMSS Responds to National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP)
- Introducing the HIMSS Cybersecurity “Call to Action”
- HIMSS / AMDIS Comments on PMI Draft Data Security Policy Principles and Framework
- HIMSS Statement on Passage of Healthcare Cybersecurity Provisions in the 2016 Omnibus
- Summary of S. 754: Cybersecurity Information Sharing ACT Update