Interoperability and Patient Access to Health Data Final Rule Announcement Summary

This document provides a detailed summary of the final rule, announced by CMS, under which Medicare Advantage plans, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies, Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans, and qualified health plan issuers in the federally-facilitated exchanges must meet certain requirements regarding patient access to their healthcare information, including requirements related to application programming interfaces (APIs).