Burden Reduction
Office of Burden Reduction & Health Informatics
OBRHI helps improve patients’ lives by optimizing the delivery of healthcare. We work to reduce healthcare administrative burden and advance interoperability and national standards. We engage with patients and organizations from across the healthcare community to understand their experiences, inform solutions, and infuse a customer-focused mindset throughout CMS.
Stakeholder Engagement
OBRHI engages with the public through diverse channels and uses human-centered design processes to seek insights and ensure those perspectives are reflected in CMS policy and operations.
Health Informatics & Interoperability
We aim to make health care data flow more freely and securely among payers, providers, and patients by laying the foundation to foster a more connected health care system.
Administrative Simplification
OBRHI aims to reduce paperwork and administrative burden by adopting and enforcing uniform standards for electronic healthcare transactions.
Latest OBRHI News & Updates
CMS Announces Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Directory Pilot
As part of its ongoing work to improve access to care, reduce clinician burden, and support interoperability throughout the health sector. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is partnering with the state of Oklahoma on a first-of-its-kind directory pilot that will help inform the design and feasibility of any future efforts toward a National Directory of Healthcare (NDH).
CMS Finalizes Rule to Expand Access to Health Information and Improve the Prior Authorization Process
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to increasing health data exchange and strengthening access to care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F) in January.
Page Last Modified:
09/27/2024 05:00 PM