HIA Calls on Congress for Healthcare Interoperability, ePA Legislation

EHR Intelligence highlighted HIA’s efforts to improve care delivery, including healthcare interoperability and electronic prior authorization (ePA).

In a letter to congressional leadership, Joel White, HIA executive director, noted that the alliance convened key industry stakeholders to publish an Interoperability Workgroup report in early 2022, which states six critical solutions to improve healthcare interoperability.

“We believe there are tremendous opportunities to ensure that our healthcare system is on the path to being truly interoperable,” White wrote in the letter. “Common sense reforms like having detailed coverage information available at the point of care would ease burdens for both providers and patients while creating more efficiency in delivery.”

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