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.
A coalition of 90+ research and patient organizations, including American Medical Informatics Association, opposes the FY 2027 budget proposal cutting the National Institutes of Health by over 12%. The letter warns cuts would halt research, eliminate jobs, and weaken U.S. innovation, urging Congress to fund NIH at $51.3 billion and […]
AMIA provided comments to The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Request for Information on Clinical Research Infrastructure and Emergency Clinical Trials. AMIA commends OSTP for its focus on efforts to protect the public health in cases of national emergency. An established research infrastructure, uniform protocol […]
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) appreciates the opportunity to provide input to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information: National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services. AMIA commends CMS for soliciting input on the concept of establishing a National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services […]
In comments submitted to ONC, AMIA calls for a coordinated effort to address prior authorization burdens for patients and providers.
In comments submitted to the National Institutes of Health, AMIA calls for strengthening protections for data across its lifecycle.
In response to a request for public feedback on a set of draft developer-reported measures for the Electronic Health Record Reporting Program, AMIA recommended elevating an additional public health-focused measure to the first set of measures for the program. AMIA additionally recommended that and EHR safety measure that leverages […]
In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), AMIA continued to support the transition to the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reporting mechanism, while also calling on CMS to center the use of certified health IT in MVP design. AMIA also urged CMS to align Promoting Interoperability […]
In comments submitted to CMS, AMIA applauded its proposal to require reporting of the four measures associated with the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange Objective of the Promoting Interoperability Program. In responding to a request for information (RFI) on digital quality measures (dQMs), AMIA also reiterated its call for […]
In comments submitted to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), AMIA pointed the overall lack of harmonization among available Common Data Elements (CDEs). AMIA urged NLM and NINDS to take the next step in its stewardship of the NIH CDE Repository […]
In comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), AMIA applauded the agency for its proposals to promote information sharing and patient access to data. However, AMIA strongly urged OCR to coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to bolster protections […]