The landmark 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law in December 2016. Many of the provisions in the law focused on improving interoperability of health information.

Last week, on March 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued regulations implementing these provisions, largely focused on patient access to health information. Coupled with the ONC Final Rule, released on the same day by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the CMS Final Rule takes unprecedented steps to advance health information interoperability.

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