Premier Statement on HELP Committee HIT Interoperability Hearing March 2019

Premier submitted a statement for the record for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and Providers.” Premier is optimistic that the proposed interoperability rules called for by the 21st Century Cures Act will help foster increased access to data for both providers and patients and ongoing innovation and competition in the health IT marketplace. We are also carefully evaluating several aspects of the proposed rules for potential unintended consequences and proposals that could be strengthened to help achieve nationwide interoperability.