BC Advantage - 2016 Issue 1
Meaningful Use Ends In 2016?
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Article Overview
This article explains a 2016 discussion about the future of the Meaningful Use program and how CMS was signaling a shift toward a new approach tied to interoperability, patient outcomes, and MACRA implementation. It is relevant to healthcare compliance professionals, providers, and revenue cycle or health IT readers who want a high-level view of policy direction and the operational barriers that affect electronic health record exchange. The article also summarizes general obstacles to EHR interoperability, including data standards, privacy variation, patient matching, costs, and governance concerns.
Why This Topic Matters
The piece helps readers understand a transition period in federal health IT policy and why interoperability remained difficult even as electronic health record adoption expanded. It matters to organizations that must track CMS direction, prepare for changing requirements, and navigate the practical barriers to information exchange.
Article Sections
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CMS signals a transition away from Meaningful Use
Summarizes the reported federal shift in health IT policy and the broader direction CMS indicated for future program goals.
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What is EHR interoperability?
Defines interoperability at a high level and describes the kinds of information exchange it is intended to support across care settings.
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Ongoing Challenges of Meaningful Use
Reviews the major implementation and policy barriers that can limit successful electronic health record exchange and program effectiveness.
What You Will Learn
- How the article frames the future of Meaningful Use and related federal policy direction
- What interoperability means in the context of electronic health records
- Which broad categories of barriers continue to affect health information exchange
- Why privacy, standards, matching, cost, and governance concerns remain important
Who Should Read This
- Healthcare providers
- Compliance professionals
- Health information management staff
- Health IT stakeholders
- Revenue cycle and coding readers tracking policy changes
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