Meaningful Use

In an SEC filing, the for-profit chain says it is cooperating with an investigation into its hospitals' participation in the federal incentive program but offered few details.

The next phase of meaningful use is to create an ecosystem of APIs and apps, end data blocking and give patients choices about what tools they use to access their medical information.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services effort to reduce regulatory burdens are being warmly received but the industry appears less excited about price transparency and patient access to EHR data stipulations.

Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and ultimately save hospitals over 2 million hours of work.

As the agency works to advance an array of big projects, ONC is also focused on reducing documentation and quality reporting burdens for providers.

William Kloes, president of commercial health at Leidos, believes that deeply integrated IT systems can deliver the data and analytics needed to prosper in the new world of value-based care.

The administration said the burden these programs put on doctors and hospitals has led to consolidation, which reduces competition and drives prices higher.

Hospitals can improve the overall process by getting the right people involved, institutions flexibility of data capture, and create a feedback loop.

The former Eli Lilly CEO also told the Senate Finance Committee affordability and the opioid epidemic round out his top four priorities.

The proposed legislation would remove the all-or-nothing approach of meaningful use and extend flexibility.