On March 20, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for Stage 3 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Separately, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a proposed rule to improve the way electronic health information is shared and ultimately improve the care delivery experience. Together, these proposed rules focus on making the EHR Incentive programs more flexible, simplifying and reducing burden of providers participating in the program, driving the interoperability of health IT across systems and between providers, and improving patient outcomes.