Readiness for CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule

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* 1. Which best describes your organization?

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* 2. Which of the following best describes your function within the organization

Executive Management (Senior leadership, decision maker)

Clinical Leadership (Senior leader, decision maker)

IT Senior Leadership

IT Management & Project Staff

Finance leadership

Analytics staff

Clinician

Compliance or Quality Department

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How familiar are you with the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule?

Extremely familiar

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not so familiar

Not at all familiar

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* 4. How much has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your readiness?

A great deal

A lot

A moderate amount

A little

None at all

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* 5. How prepared is your organization to meet the requirement deadlines?

Not at all

Not very

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

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* 6. Would you like the compliance deadline to be extended?

Definitely would

Probably would

Probably would not

Definitely would not

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* 7. Which of the following areas are you most concerned about?

Implementing and Maintaining Patient Access API

Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) Event Notifications Part of Conditions of Participation (CoP)

Provider Directory API

Payer to Payer Data Exchange

Complying with Information Blocking and Public Reporting

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which of the following are most impacting your readiness? Select all that apply.

Knowledge of the requirements

Not enough time for implementation

Lack of expertise

Lack of technology

Lack of prioritization (too many other competing priorities)

Lack of data governance protocols/procedures

Lack of staff

Lack of funding

Focus on COVID-19

Lack of training

Regulations are unclear

Lack of specific technical guidelines from ONC

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What are your biggest payer/provider data sharing challenges? Select all that apply.

Lack of technical interoperability

Lack of data standardization

Measure Standardization

Lack of trust between payers and providers

Quality of data that is shared

Key information such as prior authorization, requirements, benefits, eligibility not available

Timeliness of data that is shared

Proprietary issues about sharing data

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Do you have expertise within your organization in FHIR®-based healthcare data exchange models?

A great deal

A lot

A moderate amount

A little

None at all

I don't know

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* 11. Does your organization have any interoperability initiatives underway outside of efforts to comply with the new requirements? If so, what are they?

Secure Messaging

HL7 FHIR

CCDA (Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture)

Direct messaging

Vendor sponsored HIE (Carequality, Commonwealth Health Alliance)

Don’t know/not applicable

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Would you consider using vendor solutions and staff to help meet the requirement deadlines?

Definitely would

Probably would

Probably would not

Definitely would not

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* 13. Which qualities are most important to you in selecting a vendor? Select your top 3 below.

Cost

HL7 FHIR knowledge

Security

Data expertise of vendor

Reputation of company

Knowledge vendor has about my systems

Ability of a vendor to get up to speed quickly

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What are some of the major challenges associated with patient APIs you foresee continuing to be a problem?

Technological gaps between systems

Lack of data standards in the industry

Managing multiple APIs connected to different systems

Transforming data into a readable & digestible format

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Would you consider utilizing a vendor company to assist in making adjustments within your organization?

Yes

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* 16. Are there any additional comments you would like to share related to your organization's readiness?

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