HHS proposed rule seeks to align health IT investments

A proposed rule from HHS would require healthcare entities that contract with the agency to use government-certified health IT. The proposed rule aims to advance the department’s Health IT Alignment Policy. Introduced in the summer of 2022, the agency-wide management policy aims to advance health IT interoperability through departmental activities. Secretary of HHS Xavier Becerra called on the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP) to collaborate with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) to establish and oversee an agencywide approach to ensuring that health IT requirements in grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and policy and regulatory actions align with HHS data standards.