Two leading national networks ready to create change. The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) and Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) joined forces to form Civitas Networks for Health in October 2021. Today, Civitas’ health improvement collaboratives, which include health information exchanges (HIEs) and regional health improvement collaboratives (RHICs), are bringing together health care providers, purchasers, payers and patients to advance data-driven progress. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, community leaders have rallied to address the unique health and health care needs of their neighbors. Civitas stands with and champions these local health care innovators – amplifying their voices at the national level and supporting the exchange of resources and ideas among their programs.
Comments on Draft TEFCA Common Agreement Version 2.0 documents
Civitas Networks for Health House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force RFI Response
Civitas Networks for Health Cassidy Senate HELP Committee CDC Reform RFI Response
Civitas Networks for Health House Ways & Means Committee RFI Response
Civitas Networks for Health Cassidy HELP Health Data Privacy RFI Response
Civitas Networks for Health CMS 2024 PFS Proposed Rule CMS – Public Comments
Civitas Networks for Health Comments on PAHPA Discussion Draft
ONC HTI-1 Public Comments: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability – June 2023
Multi-Org ONC FY24 Appropriations Letter of Support – May 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Request for Information (RFI) – April 2023
Data Modernization Initiative Sign-On Letter – March 2023
Comments For Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) RFI – March 2023
CMS Interoperability Rule – March 2023
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Proposed Rule Comments – January 2023
CMS RFI Make Your Voice Heard Final Comments – November 2022
Civitas 2023 QPP Proposed Rule Comments – September 2022
Civitas CY 2023 OPPS Proposed Rule Comments – September 2022
HIMSS/Civitas NIH RFI All of Us HIE HIN Comment Letter – August 2022
CARIN Letter to OCR on Breach Notification – July 2022
CMS IPPS Proposed Rule Comment Letter – June 2022
FY23 Patient ID Now House Sign On Letter – May 2022
FY23 $7 million funding to ONC for Patient Matching Request – May 2022
FY23 Appropriations Sign-on Letter with DMI and CFA – April 2022
Civitas Letter on HDU – April 2022
HELP PREVENT Pandemics Act Comment Letter – February 2022
CMS 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule
ONC’s Forthcoming Report to Congress on Patient Identity and Patient Matching
HHS Releases State Interoperability Implementation Guidance Favorable to HIEs
Patient Matching Amendment – Action Needed with U.S. Senators
Senate HELP Committee Preparing for the Next Pandemic White Paper
HHS OASH Request for Information, Long-Term Monitoring of Health System Resilience
For more information on the ONC proposed rule visit: https://www.healthit.gov/CuresRule
For more information on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and the Notice of Funding Opportunity, visit: https://www.healthit.gov/TEFCA
To receive more information about CMS’s interoperability efforts, sign-up for listserv notifications, here: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCMS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USCMS_12443
For a fact sheet on the CMS proposed rule (CMS-9115-P), please visit: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/cms-advances-interoperability-patient-access-health-data-through-new-proposals
To view the CMS proposed rule (CMS-9115-P), please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Center/Special-Topic/Interoperability-Center.html
To view OCR’s FAQ, please visit: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/faq/health-information-technology/index.html
