At Inferscience, we provide different tools to facilitate HCC medical coding and Clinical Decision Support for provider organizations. We constantly strive to facilitate documentation for healthcare providers while contributing to better patient care. We want to help provider organizations receive proper credit for the value of care provided. A common obstacle we have encountered is with EHR software integrations, as frequently EHR software companies are not willing to integrate with other companies.

1. CMS Proposed Interoperability Rule: Where is it
at?
In February 2019, the ONC and CMS proposed a new interoperability rule. This
interoperability rule would impact patients, providers, and software developers in the
industry, as it promises to improve the exchange of data between EHRs and outside
applications of the patient’s or provider’s selection.
To sum it up, the interoperability rule as mentioned in Health IT will “support seamless
and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information (EHI). It calls on
the healthcare industry to adopt standardized application programming interfaces
(APIs), which will help allow individuals to securely and easily access structured EHI
using smartphone applications”.
Earlier in 2019, we posted about our thoughts on the interoperability rule, mentioning
some of the benefits it would bring once implemented:
 The rule would encourage developers to come up with applications that enable
providers to up their clinical game.
 It will facilitate the free exchange of data between healthcare entities.
 It should also lead to better provider satisfaction because the apps will help them
deliver better medical care more efficiently.
 It would improve the ability to access patient data from other EHRs.
 Better access to automated risk-capturing tools.

2.  Easier access to clinical registries, and true medication reconciliation.
We went back to check the status of the interoperability rule and here is where it’s at.
The rule is now under review at the Office of Management and Budget, this would be
the last step to go through before approval and publication. FierceHealthcare reported
in October 2019 that “CMS delivered the rule to the agency on September 26. Despite
calls by many industry groups to slow down and issue a supplemental notice of rule-
making instead, ONC appears to be moving ahead with finalizing the rule”.
At Inferscience, we provide different tools to facilitate HCC medical coding and Clinical
Decision Support for provider organizations. We constantly strive to facilitate
documentation for healthcare providers while contributing to better patient care. We
want to help provider organizations receive proper credit for the value of care provided.
A common obstacle we have encountered is with EHR software integrations, as
frequently EHR software companies are not willing to integrate with other companies.
While we look into the future of healthcare, we hope this rule is finalized soon. Besides
facilitating EHR software integrations and more efficient access to data, the rule is
expected to enable greater analysis of that data. This will lead to more cost-effective
practices and allow physicians to focus on what’s ultimately important: making a
difference in patients’ lives.