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 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 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 to submitted to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), AMIA stressed that “data creation and collection and algorithm development, deployment, and evaluation do not occur in a value-free vacuum.” Thus, while “there are systematic steps and approaches that can be helpful in both recognizing and reducing […]
In response to a Request for Information (RFI) from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), AMIA reminded the Office that to best leverage novel technologies for chronic disease management, there must be a recognition that care delivery models should evolve in parallel with advancements in technology […]
In comments submitted last week to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), AMIA strongly supported CMS’s expansion of reimbursement for telehealth and other communications technology during the pandemic, MIPS Value Pathways (MVP) framework changes that would seek to leverage digital quality measures. It also provided detailed comments on a […]
AMIA and ACMI have released the following letter recommending the July 10, 2020, memo, “COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQ,” be rescinded, and hospitals continue reporting COVID-19 capacity and utilization data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
In response to a Senate HELP Committee white paper on preparing for the next pandemic, AMIA made several suggestions on ways Congress can improve the nation’s data-driven public health surveillance ecosystem. AMIA urged Congress to address limited connectivity between health care systems and public health systems for better surveillance and […]