Premier : Statement in support of the Further Flexibility in HIT Reporting and Advancing Interoperability Act
July 29, 2015 at 06:15 pm EDT
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Premier, Inc.
By Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier, Inc.
Members of the Premier healthcare alliance commend members of Congress for their leadership in developing a bill to improve the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) electronic health records (EHR) meaningful use programs, as well as other health information technology (HIT) advancements that move our healthcare industry in the right direction for the advancement of interoperability.
The Further Flexibility in HIT Reporting and Advancing Interoperability Act addresses the need for flexible, interoperable HIT, particularly prior to imposing additional meaningful use requirements. As we have testified, these important advancements will overcome significant challenges among disparate HIT systems so providers can optimize their HIT investments to manage population health across the care continuum and support today's advanced payment models.
We believe reforming HIT through functional data standards, metrics and enhanced enforcement tools is essential to unlock and optimize big data in healthcare, provide higher-value care across settings and avoid the cost burdens associated with closed solutions. We look forward to working in a bipartisan way to further advance interoperability in support of this bill.
- Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier, Inc.
Premier, Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,350 United States hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other providers and organizations. It operates through two segments: Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment includes the Companyâs group purchasing organizations (GPO), supply chain co-management, purchased services, and direct sourcing activities. The Performance Services segment consists of three sub-brands, which include PINC AI, the Companyâs technology and services platform; Contigo Health, the Companyâs direct-to-employer business; and Remitra, the Companyâs digital invoicing and payables business. It delivers technology-enabled platform that offers critical supply chain services, clinical, financial, operational and value-based care software as a service (SaaS) as well as clinical and enterprise analytics licenses, consulting services, and third-party administrator services.
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