AMIA’s goal is to improve the legislative and regulatory environment for health informatics research, practice and education through AMIA member expertise. The primary pathway through which AMIA achieves this goal is by engaging Federal Agencies and Congress on public calls for input, such as Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs) or Request for Information (RFIs).
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AMIA responses are arranged by Federal Agency and Congressional Committee.
In comments submitted to the National Library of Medicine, AMIA said members envision a future where NLM leads the medical and research enterprise in demonstrating how real-world and “big” health data can be leveraged to develop new concepts of human disease, design novel therapies, and train future clinicians and researchers.
In comments submitted to PCORI, AMIA voiced strong support for its draft Data Sharing Policy for awardees. AMIA recommended that suggested that PCORI consider requiring a preliminary data sharing plan as part of award applications, and earmarking specified amounts of grant funding for data preparation and curation, among other recommendations.
In comments submitted to the NIH, AMIA called for change to its Data Sharing policy in order to ensure that research data can be systematically and strategically collected, managed and shared. Specifically, AMIA recommended that Data Sharing Plans be subject to peer-review and made scorable elements of applicable grants.
In comments submitted September 29, AMIA recommend several ways the NIH could assess the value of biomedical digital repositories and knowledgebases. The metrics span categories related to "utilization" and "impact" to "service quality" and "governance." AMIA recommended another category be included relate to data quality and data completeness.
In conjunction with HIMSS and 36 other organizations, AMIA submitted recommendations on how the Office of Management & Budget should update the Standard Occupational Classification codes, which help Federal statistical agencies understand and forecast national data on occupations. The groups strongly recommended separate codes for Health Informatics, Health IT and […]
In comments submitted to CMS, AMIA recommend CMS proceed with proposals for a 90-day reporting period for hospitals in 2016, and it supported policies that are meant to align requirements for hospitals participating in MU with requirements for clinicians participating in MIPS.
In comments submitted to CMS, AMIA supported continued policymaking to implement the Medicare AUC Program as part of the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule. The organization strongly recommended CMS target a 2019 implementation deadline, rather than the proposed 2018 start.
On July 18, 2016, AMIA submitted comments to FDA regarding their draft guidance to industry on using EHR data in clinical investigations. AMIA was supportive of the guidance, but challenged the assertion that EHR data was readily usable for prospective randomized controlled trials.
On June 27, 2016 AMIA submitted comments to CMS regarding proposed policies related to the new Medicare Quality Payments Program, which replaces the Sustainable Growth Rate and reforms how nearly 1.3 million clinicians are paid through Medicare. AMIA described a set of principles and recommendations CMS should consider during implementation […]
On May 23, 2016, AMIA submitted comments to the Office of the National Coordinator recommending they develop a patient-centric approach to measuring nationwide health IT interoperability. As part of this recommendation, AMIA described a new methodology and approach to measuring interoperability that they said should be developed immediately. AMIA also […]