Department of Health and Human Services releases long-awaited data sharing rules. Aim of both rules is to provide patients with easy, secure access to electronic health information. Payers participating in federal programs such as Medicare, and as well as federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, will be required to share claims and other health information with patients in a safe, secure, electronic format through APIs. The aim is to enable patients to access their data through any third-party application they choose and integrate a health plan’s information to a patients electronic health record.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/hhs-releases-final-data-sharing-rules-a-13910