Despite Overall Positive Reactions, Stakeholders Worry About Provider Burdens, Timelines of Interoperability Rules

Meryl Bloomrosen, senior director of federal affairs for the Premier health alliance, agreed with Smith’s assessment. “We are disappointed that CMS has chosen to go forward to make that a required condition of participation in Medicare,” she said. “We are very supportive of the ADT notification function, but we and other provider groups had recommended that it be built into the ONC certification program or the functionality of an EHR rather than the significant penalty of being kicked out of Medicare if a hospital can’t do ADT notifications.” She said Premier is disappointed that the requirement goes into effect in six months. “Six months is not a lot of time, particularly with what we are going through right now with the coronavirus. Maybe there will be some thinking about that. That is an unnecessary burden right now.”

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