CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) have released a proposed rule that would outline new requirements for the electronic exchange of health care data. The proposal is segmented into five parts and includes:

1. Requiring CMS-regulated payers include information on patients’ pending and active prior authorization decisions in their Patient Access APIs;
2. Requiring payers build and maintain a Provider Access API for better payer-to-provider data sharing of claims and encounter data (not cost data);
3. Refining the prior authorization process to make it more efficient and transparent, beginning in January of 2023;
4. Clarifying payer-to-payer data exchange requirements;
5. Adopting Health IT standards and implementation specifications from the ONC by HHS.